The main building of Beijing South Railway Station has two storeys above the ground. The first floor is for arrival and second floor for departure. The second floor departure hall has four entrances (or exits) – east, south, west and south. Of the four entrances, north and south entrances are on the first floor, so you…
Urumqi airport, officially named Urumqi Diwopu International Airport (IATA:URC, ICAO:ZWWW) is located in Diwopu, 16km northwest of Urumqi city center. At present, Urumqi airport has 3 terminals – T1, T2 and T3. Terminal 1 is mainly for international flights on Urumqi – the countries in the middle Asia line, like Kazakhstan, Uzbekstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghnistan and…
Plan your Xinjiang tour? Yining, or Ghulja is the capital city of the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang. The Ili Kazakj Autonomous Prefecture (Simplified as Ili or Yili) is located in the Ili Valley ( or Yili Valley), administers 1 city and 8 counties: the capital city of Yining and with 8 counties including…
Plan your Xinjiang tour? Sayram Lake is located between the Bortala Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture and the Ili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture. The lake takes an area of 457 square kilometers. The fault basin is at the sea-level of 2,073 meters. The lake has a depth of 86 meters. The lake is an amazing natural water resource and is circled by green grasslands. Nestled in…
Plan your Xinjiang Tour? Karamay Oilfield is one of the largest oilfields in China with a yearly output over ten million tons of oil. Karamay Oilfield was the first large oilfield in China. Its commercial oil flow was found in well named “Karamy No.01” on Oct 29, 1955. Ever since then, Karamay Oilfield has been developing fast and have made huge…
Plan your Xinjiang Tour? Karamay is rich in natural tourism resources. The world-famous Ghost City Scenic Spot is located in the “Devil City”, a famous Wuerhe wind city, in Wuerhe District, 90km northeast from Karamay City，400km from Urumqi City. On the way, you will see several oil fields. The landscape in the so-called “Ghost Town of World” is a typical…
Plan your Xinjiang Tour? We stay two nights in Kalamay mainly for the participation of the 7th Internatonal Tourism Festival of Xinjiang. The festival ceremony itself doeen’t last long, and the festival organization puts a very tight sightseeing fam schedule for the participants as if in an attempt to cram all the “must to…
The 7th China Xinjiang International Tourism Festival kicked off in Karamay Xinjiang on June 25, 2011. According to the official statistics, over 200 distinguished guests both from 26 countries and 24 provinces in China attended the the Xinjiang Tourism Promotion Meeting yesterday afternoon as well as the grand opening ceremony of the 7th International Tourism Xinjiang China yesterday evening,…