China charms Berlin with Silk Road attractions

BERLIN - Chinese travel agencies on Wednesday charmed visitors at a key travel trade show in Berlin with Silk Road destinations.

Chinese provincial tourism administrations from Shanghai, Hunan, Inner Mongolia and Shandong, as well as Chinese airlines participated in the Internationale Tourismus Boerse, which ran from March 8 to March 12.Destinations in West China's Shaanxi and Xinjiang drew a lot of attention at the event, which saw around 180,000 visitors.

Although cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou are still at the top of the China holiday destinations list, Silk Road sites like Lanzhou, Dunhuang, Xi'an are also becoming prominent, says Shi Xiang, the Frankfurt-based regional director of the China National Tourism Administration.