China Travel 2.0

在中国，Social Media在旅游行业的应用日益增多，由于市场需要，专门为旅游相关部门提供social media服务的专业公司开始出现。由于social media的时效性、互动性和多样性具有鲜明的优势，它很容易能够在第一时间吸引读者的注意力，如果主办方想在很短时间内把信息传达出去，利用social media是个很好的选择。
最近的两次国际旅游展会和会议当中，social media的实力就露了一小手。比如，前段时间在北京举办的CIBTM（2009 中国(北京)国际商务及会奖旅游展览会）和这两天在杭州举办的UNWTO（第5届目的地管理国际会议），首先我们很难从这两次会议的官网上看到展会和会议的时事报道，另外，传统媒体的报道也各有侧重，不能全面反应会议实况，在这种情况下，social media的出现很好第补充了而且提高了新闻报道的价值。看看ChinatravelTrends.com对这两次会议的报道，再看看他们为会议拍的相片，看看他们在twitter上做得直播，还有这里，据称，他们是这两次国际会议的唯一用twitter报道的媒体。
很显然，他们的报道比官网上的报道攻势强多了，而且题材广泛，报道及时。美中不足，他们现在还没有形成气候，还没有很多的follower，虽然内容很好，但是不能让很多的人知道，这是个软肋。
Social Media in tourism industry now in china is growing fast. there are some professional social media companies(like DragonTrail) who can offer the digital marketing and online marketing consultant, they familier with China Travel market and they know the social media charactrics and they know how to use [...]

Met Zhengying in the FON office 自然之友办公室, now she is one of the empoyees of FON. When she told me the Changbaishan长白山 green camp 绿色营 trip in 2007, seems she has lots of stories about it. I asked an article of the Changbaishan Mt trip, she sent it as you will see as follows. she [...]

No time to waste. We will goto Jinhekou for our family holiday tomorrow. Will arrive in Jinhekou before tomorrow night. and we will live in a local farmer’s home after we get there. but we have no idea where will we live in exactly. It must be a local family, hope the host can be the [...]

We decided finally for our family trip. We will goto Jinhekou forest park in Yuxian county, Hebei province 河北蔚县. which belong to Zhangjiakou area 张家口. about 200 km west to Beijing city.
Transport: the only bus to Yuxian depart from Deshengmen Bus Stop德胜门长途汽车站. you can choose the best  bus from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm. the [...]

Jinhekou Forests is the only one well preserved forest near Beijing area-Yuxian,Hebei province. 河北蔚县. We will goto visit this place for our coming family trip. The forests locate in the Yuxian county in Hebei province, only 200 km east to Beijing city. Yuxian 蔚县 is one of the places have a wonderful history. There is [...]

Shen Xiaohui is one of the well known persons who work in the eco-tour in china. He worked in the China forestry addministration before. Began to known from the 1st Green Camp in 1996. Now works for some projects of Friends of Nature. Please enjoy the Chinese interview of Shen Xiaohui of 2001.
1968年，沈孝辉到东北林区工作，从此与森林结下不解之缘；1978年，他自愿到长白山自然保护区，从此与环境保护订下终生盟约。20年间，他几乎走遍了中国所有重要的自然保护区。这位林业部某副部长的秘书已经或将要出版的书包括：《长白山》、《中国自然精华》、《万绿之源》、《来自地球村的警报》、《混凝土森林》、《能源与污染》、《雪山寻梦》。
一生结缘山水之间
1970年，沈孝辉第一次见到长白山就被迷住了，幽蓝的天、苍翠的树、绚烂的山花、清洌的溪水、奔腾的瀑布、凉爽的林间小风，令他如置身於“人间天堂”、“世外桃园”，“一辈子住这儿都乐意”。
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Where is Hamugu
Located in the Northwestern Yunnan Province, Hamugu is only about 6 km to the west of Shangri-la town. It is a small village with 40 traditional Tibetan families who have bundled their savings to build a lodge for ecotourists drawn by the Napahai wetlands nearby.

Activities
Horse riding. Hiking
Here is an excellent hiking designed in [...]

We have not went out for a trip for a long time. the kids is the main reason. It is quite different work as Chinese parents as western parents. We tried to go for climbing a wild mountain with little Paul （小可, his Chinese nick name, means little cute）when he was 1.5 years old. But [...]

One day, I cant log in my twitter. All of a Sudden, I lost my twitter account.
I can only see my friends tweets, but I cant reply anyone back, and nobody can see my account any longer. @chinewinelover told me he cant log in for 2 weeks. later on heard that @keso also got [...]

农历七月初七是中国民间的乞巧节，传说这一天是天上牵牛星与织女星相会的日子，而这其中有着一个关于牛郎织女的美丽动人、流传千古的爱情故事。
相传很早以前，南阳城西牛家庄里有个聪明、忠厚的小伙子叫做牛郎，父母早亡，只好跟着哥哥嫂子度日。嫂子为人狠毒，经常虐待他，逼他干很多的活，最后还把他赶出家门。孤苦伶仃的牛郎只有一头老牛相依为伴。突然有一天，老牛告诉牛郎：”明天是七月初七，天帝的七个女儿要下凡到人间洗澡。其中最小的女儿织女最心灵手巧，你把织女的衣服藏起来，她就可以做你的妻子了。”听了老牛的话，牛郎心动了，决定试一试。
七月初七这一天，牛郎藏在河边的芦苇丛里等候。没多久，只见从天上翩翩飘落七个仙女，纷纷脱下衣裳，跳进清清的河水中。牛郎一跃而起，抱起织女的衣服就往回跑，惊动了七位仙女。六位仙女披起各自的衣服，飞上天空，惟有最小的织女没有衣服而无法升天，惊慌失措地站在河边。牛郎结结巴巴地对织女说，只要她答应嫁给他，就把衣服奉还。织女一看是自己爱慕的小伙子，就含羞点点头。婚后牛郎织女男耕女织，相亲相爱，生下一对儿女，生活得十分幸福美满。王母娘娘得知后勃然大怒，亲自下凡来，强行把织女带回天上。
牛郎穿上牛皮做的鞋，拉着自己的儿女，一起腾云驾雾上天去追织女。眼见就要追到了，岂知王母娘娘拔下头上的金簪一挥，一道波涛汹涌的天河就出现了，牛郎和织女被隔在两岸，只能相对流泪。他们的忠贞爱情感动了喜鹊，千万只喜鹊飞来，搭成鹊桥，让牛郎织女走上桥相会，王母娘娘对此也无可奈何，只好允许两人在每年七月七日于鹊桥相会。
后来，每到农历七月初七，相传牛郎织女鹊桥相会的日子，姑娘们就会身着新衣来到花前月下，抬头仰望星空，寻找银河两边的牛郎星和织女星，希望能看到他们一年一度的相会，祈求上天能让自己像织女那样心灵手巧，能有如意称心的美满婚姻。这就是七夕乞巧节的来历。
乞巧节在民间是一个很热闹的节日，年轻女子们穿新衣，拜双星，并向织女”乞巧”。乞巧的活动种类很多，最常见的是穿针乞巧。年轻妇女们拿来彩线和七根针，如果能很顺利地穿过，就是巧手姑娘。
七夕被认为是中国古代的”情人节”，牛郎织女七夕鹊桥相会的传说赋予了这个节日几分浪漫的色彩。据说，人们当晚在葡萄架下还能听到牛郎织女的脉脉情话呢。