China Travel Service
Zhangjiajie is a beautiful place, especially Zhangjiajie Tianmen Mountain. It is not only beautiful on sunny days, but even more beautiful in rainy weather... On rainy days, from a distance, all the peaks look as if they are wrapped in a thick quilt, and Tianmen Mountain is no exception. At this time, one's first instinct is that nothing inside the mountain can be seen, and under normal circumstances that is indeed the case, but Tianmen Mountain often gives everyone unexpected surprises. Because of its high terrain, plus...
Zhangjiajie is a beautiful place, especially Zhangjiajie's Tianmen Mountain. It is not only beautiful on sunny days, but even more beautiful in cloudy and rainy weather... On cloudy and rainy days, viewed from afar, all the mountain peaks look as if they are wrapped in a thick quilt, and Tianmen Mountain is no exception. At this time, a person's first instinct is that nothing inside the mountains can be seen, and under normal circumstances that is indeed the case, but Tianmen Mountain often gives everyone unexpected surprises.
Because of its high terrain and the wind, many times when the urban area is covered in dark clouds, Tianmen Mountain above is instead clear and the clouds have dispersed. Especially on the cableway, layer after layer of dark clouds retreat backward, and blue sky suddenly comes toward you. As the cabin sways, you will feel as if you are in a world beyond the heavens. Before your eyes is boundless blue sky, and the clouds fade and thin layer by layer from azure, light green, and pink, while beneath your feet there are still rolling thick mists. Occasionally you may even see an airplane break out of the clouds. At this moment, you will feel that beneath your feet is the whole rise and fall of life. The shock brought by that magnificent scenery truly cannot be described in words.
If there happens to be no wind that day, that is no problem either, because at this time the cableway journey is like taking a free milk bath in the air. All around is milky white air, and if you touch it with your hand you can even feel its silky smoothness. After reaching the summit, it turns into a free oxygen bar, because just after the rain, everything on the mountain appears in fresh green. Because Tianmen Mountain is a karst landform, after rain there are waterfalls in groups, small and large, and flying streams can be seen everywhere, giving people a good mood. Moreover, after being washed, the mountain body shows its ink-like colors even more amid the milky white mist: blue-gray rock cliffs, emerald green trees, thick white mist. At this moment it is like wandering in a heavenly realm.
Eating at home depends on your parents; traveling away from home depends on a travel agency. There are many travel agencies in China. Let me briefly introduce a few of the more famous ones:
1. China International Travel Service Head Office
China International Travel Service Head Office (CITS) was established in 1954. It is currently the largest and strongest travel agency enterprise group in China, the only tourism enterprise to enter the 2002 “China Top 500 Enterprises,” the only enterprise member in China of the World Tourism Organization, and also the chairman unit of the China Association of Travel Services. CITS Head Office also has the only travel assistance center among domestic travel agencies registered with the State Administration for Industry and Commerce. This center has a nationwide network and, through cooperation with internationally famous assistance companies, provides travel assistance services to domestic and foreign tourists 24 hours a day. After years of development, CITS Head Office now has 14 branch offices in 10 overseas countries and regions, and has group member enterprises in 122 cities nationwide, with total assets reaching 4 billion RMB. “Brandization, groupization, and intelligentization” are the development goals of CITS Head Office. The CITS trademark of China International Travel Service Head Office has become the only well-known trademark in China's tourism industry recognized by the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce.
2. China Travel Service Head Office
China Travel Service was founded in November 1949 and was the first travel agency of New China. After nearly half a century of development, it has become one of China's largest tourism organizations and enjoys a good reputation and broad recognition at home and abroad.
China Travel Service has 364 branches across the country, 118 tourist hotels of various grades, 62 tourist bus companies, and 46 duty-free shops, forming a huge tourism service network that provides tourists with comprehensive services including food, accommodation, transportation, sightseeing, shopping, and entertainment, and also handles travel consultation, visas, certification, international and domestic air tickets, and other related business.
China Travel Service Head Office is located in Beijing. It is the “dragon head” of China Travel Service agencies nationwide. It not only has a huge system network domestically, but has also established solid cooperative relationships with more than 300 travel agencies in Europe, America, Southeast Asia, Japan, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and other countries and regions. The head office has 27 departments, among which the main inbound tourism business departments include the Europe Department, Americas Department, Southeast Asia Department, Japan Department, Korea Department, International Charity Tourism Department, etc., attracting and receiving more than 100,000 tourists from various countries each year; outbound and domestic tourism and other related business departments include the Outbound Department, Domestic Tourism Department, Conference and Incentive Tourism Department, CTS Capital Travel Service, Marketing Department, Visa Office, Air Ticketing Center, Transportation Business Department, etc., organizing more than 10,000 person-times of travel to Hong Kong, Macao, Southeast Asia, Europe, America, and other places each year.
3. Shanghai Spring International Travel Service
Founded in 1981, Shanghai Spring International Travel Service is a comprehensive tourism enterprise whose business covers tourism, hotel booking, air tickets, conferences, exhibitions, business, private entry and exit, sports events, and other industries. It was the earliest member among Chinese travel agencies of the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA), was authorized as the domestic and overseas ticketing agent in China for the 2004 F1 event, then the world's hottest event, and was designated by the organizing committee of the 53rd Miss World contest as its reception unit and awarded the only famous trademark enterprise among Shanghai travel agencies.
Since 1994, Shanghai Spring International Travel Service has achieved remarkable results in operating domestic tourism for Chinese citizens and has won the honor of being first nationwide for nine consecutive years. It has many special tourism products such as “Spring Journey,” “Chinese and Foreign Guests Traveling in the Same Vehicle,” “Pure Play Group,” “Free Individual Traveler,” and “Parents' Journey.” At the same time, Shanghai Spring International Travel Service has established branch companies in 7 countries and regions including the United States, the United Kingdom, Thailand, Germany, Japan, Australia, and Hong Kong, as well as in more than 30 large and medium-sized cities domestically, forming a “Spring Union” of initial scale. Between branch companies and more than 1,000 network members, business operations are carried out through computer networking, achieving convenient instant booking service for individual travelers: “Individual travelers depart every day; one person can also travel the world.”
Shanghai Spring International Travel Service has established a strict quality supervision and management mechanism and adheres to the high-quality service quality concepts of “99 + 0 = 0” and “every group must be visited.” Its TQC department has won the title of China “Excellent Quality Management Group.” Because Shanghai Spring International Travel Service has achieved remarkable results in enterprise operation, management, and development, it has been awarded the glorious title of “Shanghai Civilized Unit” for more than ten consecutive years.
4. CYTS Holdings Co., Ltd.
China Youth Travel Service Head Office was established in June 1980. It is a large tourism enterprise under the Communist Youth League Central Committee and one of China's three backbone travel agencies. In 1988, it took the lead in establishing the CYTS Group in China's tourism industry. In 1997, as the main sponsor, it established the first company in China's tourism industry listed with a complete tourism concept----CYTS Holdings Co., Ltd.
China Youth Travel Service Head Office is in charge of inbound tourism, outbound tourism, and domestic tourism, and in the process of developing into a tightly knit, comprehensive, and internationalized enterprise group, it has extended its business scope into hotels, catering, entertainment, tourism transportation, tourism resource development, aviation agency, trade, commercial retail, real estate, and high technology..
Up to now, China Youth Travel Service has established long-term stable business cooperative relationships with more than 1,000 tourism clients in nearly 60 countries and has set up offices in Tokyo, Osaka, Seoul, Hong Kong, and other places.
5. China Comfort Travel Service Co., Ltd.
China Comfort Travel Service Co., Ltd. (formerly China Comfort Travel Service Head Office) was founded in 1984. It is one of the large travel agency enterprise groups nationwide, with registered capital of more than 100 million RMB. “China Comfort” is a large international travel agency in China and a national franchised group organizer for outbound travel by Chinese citizens. Its business scope includes inbound tourism, outbound tourism, and domestic tourism.
“China Comfort” has more than 70 vertically managed branch companies (branches) in major cities across the country. Among them, in 1999 and 2000, 8 branches entered the ranks of the nation's top 100 international travel agencies. In 2001 and 2002, “China Comfort” ranked among the top three in the National Tourism Administration's performance rankings of “Top 100 National International Travel Agency Enterprises,” and its enterprise strength has continued to grow and expand.
6. CITIC Travel Company
CITIC Travel Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of China International Trust and Investment Corporation and was established in 1987. Relying on CITIC Company's tourism network throughout China and its good reputation at home and abroad, it strives to develop markets and organize tourist sources. While developing sightseeing tourism, it also actively carries out business tourism, professional tourism, and special-interest tourism, and has already formed a relatively large business scale. For many years it has been rated by the National Tourism Administration as one of China's top 100 international travel agency enterprises. CITIC Travel Company is now a member of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) and an overseas member of the United States Tour Operators Association (USTOA). It is the only member in mainland China of the Woodside International Travel Organization and has won the Golden Bull Award for Quality Service at the 22nd International Tourism, Hotel, and Catering Industry event. It is one of the 20 trustworthy travel agencies recommended to citizens by the Beijing Municipal Tourism Bureau.
7. China Merchants International Travel Service Co., Ltd.
China Merchants International Travel Service Co., Ltd. China Merchants International Tourism Management General Company is a wholly owned direct enterprise of China Merchants Group. Since its establishment in January 1987, it has forged ahead and developed rapidly, forming a development framework with travel agency business as its main business and air transportation agency and office buildings and property management as auxiliary businesses. Its total assets are more than 300 million RMB, making it one of the nationwide backbone tourism groups. At present, it has 15 international travel agencies, 3 air transportation agency companies, 1 tourist ship company, and 2 office buildings in major tourist cities across the country. In addition, it has also set up tourism offices or joint-venture travel agencies in Japan, the United Kingdom, and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
8. Beijing Shenzhou International Travel Service Group Co., Ltd.
Beijing Shenzhou International Travel Ticketing Co., Ltd. and Shenzhou Business Travel Company are affiliated with the largest tourism institution by market size in Beijing's tourism market---Beijing Shenzhou International Travel Service Group.
Beijing Shenzhou International Travel Ticketing Co., Ltd. (abbreviated as BTG Company) includes one head office and four branch companies, with registered capital of 10 million. The organic combination of ticketing services and business travel services has greatly enriched Shenzhou International Travel Service's customer service functions.
Shenzhou International Travel Service's service philosophy and quality have enjoyed a relatively high reputation inside and outside the industry and have been widely recognized in products and services. With nearly 15 years of experience in airline ticket agency sales services, BTG Company provides refined and professional travel services to government dignitaries, ministries, commissions, offices, national public officials, enterprises, and all sectors of society. In addition to routine services, BTG Company also handles business charter flights, chartered planes, and reserved seating, etc.
9. China Peace International Tourism Co., Ltd.
China Peace International Tourism Co., Ltd. was founded in 1986. It is an international travel agency approved by the National Tourism Administration to simultaneously operate international inbound tourism, domestic tourism, and outbound tourism for Chinese citizens. It is an official member unit of the China Association of Travel Services, one of the top 100 international travel agencies nationwide, and one of the top ten international travel agencies in the Beijing area.
To meet the challenge of WTO accession, five large state-owned enterprises---Beijing Foreign Enterprise Service Group Co., Ltd., Sinotrans Air Transportation Development Co., Ltd., Beijing Gongmei Group Co., Ltd., Shougang Group, and Beijing Dacheng Real Estate Development General Company---jointly invested in a strategic restructuring.
10. China Women Travel Service
China Women Travel Service is an international travel agency founded by the All-China Women's Federation, approved by the National Tourism Administration, and registered with the State Administration for Industry and Commerce. It was established in May 1986. It has the right to handle external liaison and visa notifications and is an independent operation, self-financing, legal-person state-owned enterprise unit. Its head office is in Beijing, with branches in major tourist cities across the country and a branch company in Hong Kong. It is in charge of inbound tourism, domestic tourism, and franchised operation of outbound tourism at Chinese citizens' own expense, and also operates domestic and international air passenger sales agency and undertakes exhibitions and other business. Since 1994, China Women Travel Service has consistently been rated by the National Tourism Administration as one of the top 100 travel agencies nationwide.
Since its establishment, China Women Travel Service has been favored with the care and support of colleagues at home and abroad and friends from all walks of life, and has established friendly cooperative relations with tourism institutions and friendly organizations in dozens of countries. It has provided services for more than 200,000 guests coming to China for travel, business inspections, participation in international conferences, women's work exchanges, summer (winter) camps, cultural exchanges, and other special tourism. China Women Travel Service's reception style of “enthusiasm, thoughtfulness, and meticulousness” has left a deep impression on guests at home and abroad.
11. Zhangjiajie Huatian International Travel Service
Zhangjiajie Huatian International Travel Service has been among the top 100 international travel agencies nationwide for 9 consecutive years, has won the National Tourism System Advanced Collective award, is an excellent brand travel agency in Hunan Province and a designated travel agency for mainland citizens traveling to Taiwan, has won the title of excellent travel agency in Zhangjiajie City for six years, is a Zhangjiajie tourism service quality complaint-free unit, and is one of the top five local reception agencies in Hunan on the 2009 China Domestic Tourism Billboard. This travel agency has a dedicated website, for the convenience of tourism friends from all over: Zhangjiajie Tourism Website ().
If you come to Zhangjiajie for tourism, it is still better to choose Zhangjiajie Huatian International Travel Service, because Zhangjiajie tourism routes are one of Huatian International Travel Service's main lines, with high-quality and considerate service, giving tourists the feeling of being at home.