(PARIS2024) FRANCE-VAIRES-SUR-MARNE-OLY-CANOE SLALOM

(PARIS2024) FRANCE-VAIRES-SUR-MARNE-OLY-CANOE SLALOM

(240804) -- VAIRES-SUR-MARNE, Aug. 4, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Miquel Trave of Spain competes during the canoe slalom men's kayak cross heats at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Vaires-sur-Marne, France, Aug. 4, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Shen Bohan)

(PARIS2024) FRANCE-VAIRES-SUR-MARNE-OLY-CANOE SLALOM

(PARIS2024) FRANCE-VAIRES-SUR-MARNE-OLY-CANOE SLALOM

(240803) -- VAIRES-SUR-MARNE, Aug. 3, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- (L-R) Tanaka Yuuki of Japan, Matej Benus of Slovak and Miquel Trave of Spain compete during the men's kayak cross round 1 of canoe slalom at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Vaires-sur-Marne, France, on Aug. 3, 2024. (Photo by Shen Bohan/POOL/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

CHINA-SPRING FESTIVAL-TRAVEL RUSH-BULLET TRAINS (CN)

CHINA-SPRING FESTIVAL-TRAVEL RUSH-BULLET TRAINS (CN)

(240126) -- BEIJING, Jan. 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A mechanic checks a bullet train at a maintenance base in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 26, 2024. China officially ushered in its largest annual population migration on Friday, 15 days ahead of the Spring Festival, or the Lunar New Year, with record-breaking journey numbers expected. An estimated 9 billion passenger trips are likely to be made during the 2024 travel rush period, according to the country's transport ministry. Of the total, 7.2 billion trips or about 80 percent will be made by self-driving, while 1.8 billion trips will be made via railways, highways, waterways, and civil aviation, the ministry said. China's railway operator on Friday said the country's railways are expected to handle 480 million passengers during this travel season, with an average of 12 million trips daily, an increase of 37.9 percent compared with the previous year. About 10.6 million train trips are expected to be made on Friday, the first day of the trave

CHINA-SPRING FESTIVAL-TRAVEL RUSH-BULLET TRAINS (CN)

CHINA-SPRING FESTIVAL-TRAVEL RUSH-BULLET TRAINS (CN)

(240126) -- BEIJING, Jan. 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A robot checks a bullet train at a maintenance base in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, Jan. 25, 2024. China officially ushered in its largest annual population migration on Friday, 15 days ahead of the Spring Festival, or the Lunar New Year, with record-breaking journey numbers expected. An estimated 9 billion passenger trips are likely to be made during the 2024 travel rush period, according to the country's transport ministry. Of the total, 7.2 billion trips or about 80 percent will be made by self-driving, while 1.8 billion trips will be made via railways, highways, waterways, and civil aviation, the ministry said. China's railway operator on Friday said the country's railways are expected to handle 480 million passengers during this travel season, with an average of 12 million trips daily, an increase of 37.9 percent compared with the previous year. About 10.6 million train trips are expected to be made on Friday, the first day of the trave

CHINA-SPRING FESTIVAL-TRAVEL RUSH-BULLET TRAINS (CN)

CHINA-SPRING FESTIVAL-TRAVEL RUSH-BULLET TRAINS (CN)

(240126) -- BEIJING, Jan. 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A mechanic checks a bullet train at a maintenance base in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 25, 2024. China officially ushered in its largest annual population migration on Friday, 15 days ahead of the Spring Festival, or the Lunar New Year, with record-breaking journey numbers expected. An estimated 9 billion passenger trips are likely to be made during the 2024 travel rush period, according to the country's transport ministry. Of the total, 7.2 billion trips or about 80 percent will be made by self-driving, while 1.8 billion trips will be made via railways, highways, waterways, and civil aviation, the ministry said. China's railway operator on Friday said the country's railways are expected to handle 480 million passengers during this travel season, with an average of 12 million trips daily, an increase of 37.9 percent compared with the previous year. About 10.6 million train trips are expected to be made on Friday, the first day of the trave

CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-HARBIN-SNOW TOURISM(CN)

CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-HARBIN-SNOW TOURISM(CN)

(240104) -- HARBIN, Jan. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo shows tourists having fun at an ice collecting festival on the Songhua River in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 7, 2023. Heilongjiang Province has abundant ice-and-snow resources, making it a popular destination for winter tourism in China and attracting numerous tourists from home and abroad during the New Year holiday. "Ice city" Harbin, the capital city of Heilongjiang Province, welcomed nearly 3.05 million visitors, raking in 5.91 billion yuan (about 832.39 million U.S. dollars) of tourism revenue, during the holiday, which ended Monday. To attract more tourists and improve overall services, Harbin has rolled out an array of activities, including live performances on New Year's Eve, firework displays, theme parks, intangible heritage culture shows and concerts. A series of measures have also been introduced to enhance the visitor experience in Harbin, covering sectors such as dining, accommodation, trave