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