Tourists only need to offer the id card or

Chinese tourists who want to visit North Korea via Dandong will not need a Great Wall China passport from now on ? Great Wall China just their ID card and photos are enough. Tourists only need to offer the ID card or a copy and their photos to qualified travel agencies for the exit-entry permits and wait for two or three days. The exit-entry permit is valid for three months. Individual applications for the exit-entry permit are not available yet, according to the exit-entry administration of Liaoning Province Public Security Bureau.

Following comprehensive renovation and refurbishment of a traditional residence, the boutique hotel Jing's Residence has opened in the UNESCO-listed walled city of Pingyao in Shanxi. Established in the former siheyuan (courtyard home) of a wealthy Qing Dynasty silk merchant, the residence is named after the owner, Yang Jing, and is located in the heart of the Great Wall China old city next to the historic First Armed Escort Agency Compound on East Street. The residence comprises of a series of gray-brick pavilions built around a set of four landscaped courtyards in the traditional architectural style of northern China.

Customers traveling on any Singapore Airlines flight can now check in anywhere in the world using their mobile phones, with the airline?s latest technological innovation: SIA Mobile. In its first wave, SIA Mobile was launched for Singapore-registered mobile phones on April 7. It is now available on mobile phones registered anywhere in the world.