More overseas summer tours expected
16/6/2004 17:39
Local travel agencies are gearing up for the summer vacation by
offering various itineraries with different themes, the Shanghai Evening Post
reported today.
The Hong Kong tour on the luxury liner SuperStar Gemini is
only 1,860 yuan for the summer vocation from July to August, almost half the
3,300 yuan charged during the Labor Day holiday. As the scheduled voyages for
luxury liners are expected soon, they have made the prices more affordable to
the public, said an industry analyst.
The Shanghai China Travel Service has
offered a nine-day tour to Australia specifically for local parents to visit
their children studying there. After the parents arrive in Sydney, their
children can join the tour and they can visit Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney
together.
The Shanghai China Youth Travel Service Tour Corporation has
offered various package tours for local students aged between 8 and 18 to study
and travel overseas. On the 18-day tour to Australia, priced at 22,550 yuan,
students can have English classes in the morning and go sightseeing in the
afternoon, and they can live with local families to improve their spoken
English.
A 24-hour Chinese-language telephone service will be launched for
the first time to help students in trouble, according to the Shanghai CYTS Tour
Corporation.
"Although the prices are too high, it is worth it to let my
child acquire more knowledge abroad," said a parent who signed up his child for
the Australian tour.
Wendy Zhang/ Shanghai Daily news
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