Mid-east, Africa tours getting hot
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- Category: Ningbo News
- Published: Tuesday, 31 July 2012 08:20
As the high season for Ningbo's tourism industry sets in, local tourism market gets hot. In this summer, the Middle East and Africa travel routes are particularly popular for the unique feature and low price.
"Africa and the Middle East routes are much cheaper than the European and American tours," said a manager in a local outbound travel agency. Travel tours to European countries and the United States usually cost more than 10,000 yuan while the Middle East and Africa routes are relatively cheaper. So far, the number of tourists booking the Middle East and Africa tours doubled compared to last year. Most of them choose Dubai as their destination.
According to the Ningbo-branch manager of www.tuniu.com, a popular travel website in China, the Middle East and Africa offer a host of natural attractions as well as the cultural diversity. "The five thousand years of magnificent civilization of Cairo, the Middle East scene of Dubai, the mixture of Europe and Western culture of Istanbul ... all these are huge attractions for tourists."
Another attraction for the tourists is the welcoming temperatures of the southern hemisphere. In addition, the spectacular annual migration of wildlife from July to September in Kenya offers a breathtaking landscape for tourists around the world.
In recent years, the Middle East and Africa are two emerging destinations for local tourists. The industry insiders suggest tourists should respect the cultural and religious differences to avoid offending local sensitivities
