| Fuelled by interesting travel services, international | | | | ancient culture. Packages like the "15-Day Ancient |
| travellers to China are increasingly opting for | | | | Silk Route Escapade" offer a distinctive |
| unique experiential vacations. In fact, more and | | | | experience of Beijing, Urumqi, Turpan, Dunhuan, |
| more people are buying customized travel | | | | Xi'an, and Shanghai. This includes round-trip |
| packages, whether it is a leisurely river cruise, a | | | | transpacific air transportation from the U.S.; |
| historic tour, martial arts experience, or exploring | | | | intra-China air and land transportation; 12 nights in |
| the Silk Route. With more and more people | | | | deluxe 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 |
| To meet the demands of the travel-savvy | | | | airport and hotels; hotel taxes and service |
| generation, several China travel services are | | | | charges in each city; sightseeing tours; and |
| making an effort to entice them with experiential | | | | $100,000 Automatic Flight Insurance for |
| tailor-made packages. For example, the "14-day | | | | transpacific air ticketed by PDT. |
| Journey to the Home of Martial Arts" is an | | | | Yangtze River Cruises and few other travel |
| inexpensive travel service for martial arts | | | | services offer a downstream Yangtze River |
| aficionados. The travel service includes round-trip | | | | Cruise. The tour includes round-trip air |
| air transportation from the U.S.; intra-China air and | | | | transportation from San Francisco; intra-China air |
| land transportation transfers; China airport | | | | and land transportation transfers, sightseeing; five |
| departure taxes; 12-night hotel accommodations | | | | nights in superior first-class hotels; three nights |
| with daily buffet breakfasts; escorted sightseeing | | | | aboard Victoria Cruises' ship; hotel taxes and |
| tours; Tang Dynasty show; Shanghai Acrobatic | | | | service charges; cultural entertainment; and |
| show; and round-trip transfers between airport | | | | $100,000 Automatic Flight Insurance for |
| and hotels; hotel taxes and service charges in | | | | transpacific air ticketed by PDT. |
| each city. | | | | Americans visiting China are advised to register |
| Books written by Stein, Hedin, and others have | | | | with the U.S. Embassy in Beijing or the nearest |
| generated interest in the oriental mystery of the | | | | U.S. consulate. Registration will aid their posts in |
| Silk Route, and a number of international travellers | | | | China to locate the travelers in the event of an |
| are keen to visit these places. Travel services are | | | | emergency at home or in replacing a lost or |
| capitalalizing on the benefits of the country's | | | | stolen passport. |