| Fuelled by interesting travel services, | | | | benefits of the country's ancient |
| international travellers to China are | | | | culture. Packages like the "15-Day |
| increasingly opting for unique | | | | Ancient Silk Route Escapade" offer a |
| experiential vacations. In fact, more | | | | distinctive experience of Beijing, |
| and more people are buying customized | | | | Urumqi, Turpan, Dunhuan, Xi'an, and |
| travel packages, whether it is a | | | | Shanghai. This includes round-trip |
| leisurely river cruise, a historic tour, | | | | transpacific air transportation from the |
| martial arts experience, or exploring | | | | U.S.; intra-China air and land |
| the Silk Route. With more and more | | | | transportation; 12 nights in deluxe and |
| people becoming travel savvy, the | | | | superior first-class hotels; one night |
| traveller now demands specialists and | | | | aboard an overnight train in a private |
| not generalists. | | | | compartment; round-trip transfers |
| To meet the demands of the travel-savvy | | | | between airport and hotels; hotel taxes |
| generation, several China travel | | | | and service charges in each city; |
| services are making an effort to entice | | | | sightseeing tours; and $100,000 |
| them with experiential tailor-made | | | | Automatic Flight Insurance for |
| packages. For example, the "14-day | | | | transpacific air ticketed by PDT. |
| Journey to the Home of Martial Arts" is | | | | Yangtze River Cruises and few other |
| an inexpensive travel service for | | | | travel services offer a downstream |
| martial arts aficionados. The travel | | | | Yangtze River Cruise. The tour includes |
| service includes round-trip air | | | | round-trip air transportation from San |
| transportation from the U.S.; | | | | Francisco; intra-China air and land |
| intra-China air and land transportation | | | | transportation transfers, sightseeing; |
| transfers; China airport departure | | | | five nights in superior first-class |
| taxes; 12-night hotel accommodations | | | | hotels; three nights aboard Victoria |
| with daily buffet breakfasts; escorted | | | | Cruises' ship; hotel taxes and service |
| sightseeing tours; Tang Dynasty show; | | | | charges; cultural entertainment; and |
| Shanghai Acrobatic show; and round-trip | | | | $100,000 Automatic Flight Insurance for |
| transfers between airport and hotels; | | | | transpacific air ticketed by PDT. |
| hotel taxes and service charges in each | | | | Americans visiting China are advised to |
| city. | | | | register with the U.S. Embassy in |
| Books written by Stein, Hedin, and | | | | Beijing or the nearest U.S. consulate. |
| others have generated interest in the | | | | Registration will aid their posts in |
| oriental mystery of the Silk Route, and | | | | China to locate the travelers in the |
| a number of international travellers are | | | | event of an emergency at home or in |
| keen to visit these places. Travel | | | | replacing a lost or stolen passport. |
| services are capitalalizing on the | | | | |