[color=#ff0000][image]http://www.chinahighlights.com/feedback/photo/panda.gif[/image]China's southwest Sichuan province is famous for its wonderful spicy cuisine, breath-taking scenery, unique wildlife and remarkable local culture. Chengdu, the capital city provides access to many top local attractions: the legendary places of Jiuzhaigou and Hulong, Giant Pandas, the sacred Mt. Ermei, Giant Buddhist at Leshan, dazzling grottos at Dazu...It has been main toursit destination in China. To faciliate those western tourists who want to see nice things there, the region now plans to open non-stop flight to USA and some European nations. [/color] [color=#ff0000][/color] [hr] [size=2][i]Xinhuanet[/i], Dec. 29, 2005 - Southwest China's Sichuan Province, the home of a series of world-known tourist destinations, plans to open nonstop flights to the [/size][font=arial][size=2][b]United States[/b] and some [b]European nations[/b], including [b]France[/b], [b]Germany[/b], [b]Britain [/b]and [b]Russia[/b], in the coming two years. The move will help attract more tourists from abroad to Sichuan,the provincial tourism bureau believed. By 2010, the province plans to annually receive 2 million visitors, the bureau said. To achieve the goal, the bureau will design better itineraries in partnership with its peers from Sichuan's neighboring provincesand regions. Sichuan boasts 89 tourist sites approved by the State Council or the provincial government. Four of them, namely Jiuzhaigou, Huanglong, Dujiang Weir and Mount Emei, are included in UNESCO's world natural and cultural heritage list. [/size][/font]




