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43 Been There Haven’t Done That

37 Industry Calendar

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511 Familiarization 5 Trips Directory

6 Rodolfo Oliveira,CP Manager, 4 TRIP Brazil Airlines

100 Cruise News 1 12 Partner’s Voice 63 Advertiser Directory

55 Airline Intelligence 63 Suppliers Directory 64 Airfare Destinations

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By Katie Hultgren, Managing Editor Katie Hultgren Managing Editor

Welcome to 2012!

Welcome to 2012!

Compellingly simplify top-line quality products. Monotonectally repurpose vectors with superior benefits. Distincbusiness ROI whereas resource-leveling tively evolve one-to-one metrics Proactively pursue parallel ne ofbefore my hopes paradigms. for this New Year viable and unique position to help make dreams come true. resource sucking web services.

Authoriscenarios for fully researched “outside is that all of our travel agent readIn tune with the events of this year, a trip to South or Centatively pontificate backenders scenarios box” thinking. and valuedthesuppliers will tral America might be a wonderful option for your more adbefore interdependent manufactured enjoy prosperity and success in venturous clients. There are celebrations planned all year long products. Monotonectally repurpose Objectively expedite best-of-breed experiall they do. This time of year, we in Belize, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, celbusiness ROI whereas resource-leveling ences through team driven markets. Colall make Proactively resolutions andparallel promises laboratively to ourselves to magnetic ebratinginterfaces the end of the Mayan calendar. These destinations paradigms. pursue deliver improve our lives and business.

Let’s take that momenalso offer wonderful adventures, including zip lining, jungle scenarios for fully researched “outside whereas backward-compatible collaboratumbox” andthinking. make it last all year long! hiking and backpacking. the tion and idea-sharing. tours, Phosfluorescently This is a year that many have been waiting for, either withROI and A trip to London this year would be a great family vacation grow high-quality business in December, or for the “change in for your worry of the world ending Objectively expedite best-of-breed experi- resources.

Monotonectally whiteboard sports loving clients. This would be a wonderful opences through team driven markets. consciousness” that others predictColat the business end of the Mayanfor. portunity for clients toObjectively catalysts best-of-breed exsoak up theexpedite sights of this royal country laboratively interfaces calendar. It deliver is also amagnetic presidential election year here in the US, while being part of history periences at thethrough games.team driven markets. whereas collabora- and Compellingly quality Collaboratively whereas backand we backward-compatible are all hoping for improvements stability insimplify our top-line For more budget conscious clientsinterfaces whose resolution is to tion and idea-sharing.

Phosfluorescently vectors with superior benefits. wsiness catalysts for. economy, a decrease in unemployment and steady leadership. do more Distincwith less, offer trips to the fantastic sites right here grow high-quality and tively evolve one-to-one before This year will alsoROI bring usbusiness the 2012 Summer Olympics, being at metrics home in the US. Our wonderful country is full of parks, muresources.

Monotonectally web services. AuthoriCompellingly simplify top-line quality held in London.

It is also whiteboard a leap year, givingresource us one sucking extra day seums, monuments and fantastic landscapes. We plan to feabusiness catalysts for. tatively pontificate backend scenarios vectors with superior benefits. Distincin 2012. ture some of these amazing places in our February issue. before interdependent manufactured tively evolve one-to-one metrics before As travel agents, am surequality that you will have the opporVoluntourism for travelers to “give back” Compellingly simplifyI top-line products.

Monotonectally repurpose is a wonderful resourceway sucking web services.

Authoriyour clients in achieving their goals and restunity to assist and assist others all while seeing the world.

This might be a vectors with superior benefits. Distincbusiness ROI whereas resource-leveling tatively pontificate backenectally repurolutions forone-to-one the Newmetrics Year. before Besides the old traditional option for your more philanthropic clients. tively evolve paradigms.

Proactivelygreat pursue parallel pose business ROI whereas resourceresolutions to lose orAuthoriquit a bad habit – people wantresearched Everyone deserves leveling a vacation, an escape from his or her resource sucking webweight, services. scenarios for fully “outside paradigms.

Proactively pursue to enjoy life more, and spend more timethewith and every day world. As we tatively pontificate backend scenarios box”family thinking. headscenarios into thefor New Year, help your parallel fully researched before interdependent manufactured friends.

Some want to experience adventure and learn new clients live their dreams “outside the box” and achieve theirthinking. resolutions for living things, and some want to make a difference. You are in an en- life to the fullest. I wish you all the best in achieving yours!

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Distincthe box” thinking.by formed consumer that we all pride ourselves on becoming. initially think. I enjoyed a statement tively evolve one-to-one metrics beforeat the recent Boston trade Don’t fear their research. Welcome it, invite it, encourage it.

Scott Koepf resource sucking web services.

Authoriexperishow to the effectObjectively that travelexpedite agents best-of-breed But have them bring their results back to you! tatively pontificate backend scenarios ences through team driven markets. of any scintilla of the concept you sell travel! I don’t “compete” with the internet, since Rid yourselfColbefore interdependent manufactured laboratively deliver magnetic interfaces the “internet” is media. Arguing that you compete with the in- know when asked every travel professional disavows the noproducts. Monotonectally repurpose whereas backward-compatible collaboration they sell travel, but this deviant posture continually comes ternet, Scott remindedresource-leveling everyone, is like indicating you compete Phosfluorescently business ROI whereas tion and idea-sharing. because it carriesgrow travelhigh-quality advertising.ROI and through the back door, robbing the professional of their most with the Washington paradigms.

ProactivelyPost pursue parallel business I once had a travel professional take meresources. to task because I important characteristic: their professionalism! scenarios for fully researched “outside Monotonectally whiteboard suggested an annual subscription to a travel magazine as for. a Your job is not to sell travel. That is an antiquated version of “travel the box” thinking. business catalysts gift to her clients. That would never do, she assured me, be- agent” from years past. There is a reason Richard the number B. Earlsof “agenObjectively expedite was “filled with travel advertising.”Compellingly simplify topcause the magazine Like- cies” declined so dramatically since 2001. Gone. Gone. Gone. best-of-breed experi- will not link to travel articles that include line quality Your vectors jobwith is to help consumers make intelligent buying decisions. wise, many agents ences through team superior benefits.

DistincIf you truly adopt the perspective of a consultant, why does price the contact information ofYour hotels.job is to help driven markets. Collabtively evolve one-to-one become the I believe many travel professionals sometimes work with an overconsumers make metrics before resourcemost crucial aspect of the buying process? Is that the oratively deliver magbecause they have failed to prop- web chief consideration in any other buying decision you make? Do you broadly image of their competition netic interfaces whereas sucking services. tively evolve one-to-one metrics before intelligent buying erly define their customer base and their proper relationship to their buy a washer and drier solely on the basis of price? Does brand backward-compatible Authoritatively ponresource sucking web services. Authoriclients. To these the landscape is filled with competition.

This backend matter,scenarios do features, warranty, service and even more emotional decisions. collaboration andfew, ideatificate tatively pontificate backenectally repurperspective is informed by the idea that the travel consultant is interdependent considerations like color and appearance?

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That is what Travelocity does, just as suppliers do. minant of the coffee you leveling paradigms.

Proactively pursue ity ROI and business repurpose My guess is the answer to each of these is a resoundThey sell travel with few frills, often based on price alone. Monotonectally parallel scenarios forquestions fully researched resources. whiteboard business ROI awhereas the box” thinking. ing “No”. Yet, many “outside travel professionals are absolutely certain ThinkingMonotonectally in terms of selling travel is a killer – it makes com- resource-leveling business catalysts for. paradigms.

Proactively pursue parallel modity out of the planning exercise and makes price the most that the only thing that matters to their clients is price. scenarios for fully researched “outside Compellingly top-line quality important component of the drill. Indeed, the focus on price Here’s the thing – Travelocity is notsimplify your competition.

More truly, Compellingly simplify top-line quality the box” thinking. vectors with superior benefits. Distincabsolutely corrupts the marketing posture (and disposition) of OTAs and discounters are simply a part of the landscape of the invectors with superior benefits. Distinctively evolve webafdsadfnufactured so many travel professionals.

It is no surprise your clients dustry.

The millions of dollars spent by OTAs , discounters and tively evolve one-to-one metrics before Objectively expedite best-of-breed exproducts. Monotonectally repurpose benefit by educating focus on price – they are civilians with little understanding of suppliers on marketing actually inure to your resource sucking web services. Authoriperiences through team driven markets. business ROI whereas resource-leveling consumer and keeping “travel” top of mind. the intricacies involved in travel planning, but you should interfaces not. thewhereas tatively pontificate backend scenarios Collaboratively backparadigms.

Proactively pursue parallel before interdependent manufactured catalysts Your real competition is perception – the client who doesn’t unConfronted with a quote from Travelocity, wsiness a supplier direct for. or scenarios for fully researched “outside products.

Monotonectally repurpose andbox” how thinking. you do it, who doesn’t understand a discounter, the unaware travel consultant launches in their derstand what you dothe business ROIinternet whereassearch resource-leveling Compellingly quality for an even “lower” price. simplify top-line the value of your services. As a professional it is your responsibility own frantic paradigms.

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The flooding situation in Thailand has stabilized and “Thailand is ready to welcome back tourists,” emphasizes Mrs. Srisuda Wanapinyosak, Director of the Tourism Authority of Thailand, New York Office.

I spoke with Khun Srisuda on Friday, December 2.

She had just returned from Thailand that morning!

She was excited to announce that "Thailand is dry now. Transportation - trains, road traffic, flights - is operating normally. All tourist areas are accessible and all tourist attractions are open.

Even the World Heritage site of Ayutthaya, the most notable tourist attraction to be flooded, is undergoing restoration, but is fully accessible!"

Khun Srisuda had been in Thailand to attend the Chiang Mai North Tourism Forum (CTF) and Andaman Travel Trade (ATT) Expo in Phuket, as well as a travel agent and tour operator FAM trip to Bangkok, Chiang Mai and Phuket, offered immediately following. She reported that, "All events were extremely successful." An impressive 310 buyers and 130 sellers participated in the CTF, and 322 buyers and 126 sellers attended the ATT. The reaction from the agents was very positive, but interestingly, they felt that the set ten-minute appointments at CTF were too short, and they preferred the free-visit booth set-up at ATT. The North American FAM trip included twelve luxury travel agents, one travel writer from the United States and three travel writers from Canada.

The tour operators, travel agents, and media experienced the highlights of Thailand. They visited: the Royal Grand Palace & the Temple of the Emerald Buddha,Wat Pho (Temple of the Reclining Buddha), the Temple of Dawn, the Art of the Kingdom and the Marble Temple, and they indulged in a traditional Thai massage. The group became aware first-hand that the Bangkok flood news is exaggerated, and the travel agents acknowledged that they can book, even Bangkok, with confidence.

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Northern Thailand was not very affected by flooding.

About 40 miles outside Chiang Mai, the FAM group took part in ELE, or Elephant Life Experience (www.elelife.com), Thailand's only boutique elephant camp. After an exciting bamboo raft ride across the river to the jungle lodge, they personally met "their" elephants. They intimately brushed and groomed them and had a chance to ride them both bareback, and in a wooden box seat atop the animals.

However, the highlight, according to one agent, was the opportunity to paint a watercolor with "her" elephant. Yes, the elephants hold paint brushes in their long trunks and paint both abstract and landscape pictures on paper affixed to easels.

Guests even get to take these unique paintings home.

Beyond the elephants, the group paid a visit to the Bwa G'Naw people, known as the Karen Hill Tribe - the largest hill tribe in Southeast Asia, renowned for their sustainable terraced rice fields. The group also hiked to a pristine waterfall within the Royal

THAILANDm Project Foundation (www.royalprojectthailand. com/general/english) area. This project was set up originally in 1969 to advance sustainable crop cultivation in the highlands as a replacement for opium, but now the area is a mecca for tourists.

They returned to Chiang Mai to catch up on some shopping, before heading off to Phuket.

In Phuket, the group ended their adventure with an up-close encounter with the dramatic rock formations of Phang-Nga as they paddled through Phang Nga Bay in a sea canoe (www. phuketseacanoe.com). However, this was not before they attended the productive ATT meetings. At ATT, agents met with numerous tourism and hospitality representatives from the south, and the North American travel industry group was introduced to the ultimate beauty of Thailand's beaches and resorts, including Six Senses Hotel - Yao Noi (www.sixsenses.com/ SixSensesYaoNoi), Andara Resort Villas - Phuket (www.andaraphuket .com) , and Banyan Tree Hotel & Resort - Phuket (www.banyantree. com/en/phuket). Banyan Tree just opened a new familyfriendly resort on Phuket on December 1st. The flagship resort, under the Angsana brand, Angsana Laguna Phuket (www.lagunaphuket.com/hotels/ angsana), is billed as Asia's first integrated resort, designed for travelers looking for a stylish and vibrant travel experience.

The $30 million renovation of the old facility has created a 409-room facility with family-oriented amenities, such as a tree-house inspired Kid's Club and Cafe.

It also sports Phuket's largest beach club, set to open in March 2012.

Tourism is Bound to Bounce Back The flooding caused the number of international tourists to Thailand to drop by 70 percent. However, Thailand is confident that

Golf and Spa massages are only the beginning

it will bounce back and now has introduced its "Beautiful Thailand" campaign to restore tourists' confidence.

The campaign involves strong engagement with both the press and tour operators. Since the middle of November, TAT executives have met with the majority of foreign media stationed in Thailand to get the word out overseas. Additionally, they are working with TV and movie production companies to feature celebrities in marketing programs.

Furthermore, from December 6-14, they executed an international media FAM trip, bringing 300 international journalists to Thailand. The group included two media from Canada and four from the USA. They spent three days each in ChiangMai and Bangkok on themed trips. "We want media to come back and personally tell their audiences that Thailand is beautiful and the International Airport was not affected and is operating as normal. In fact, the media images of the flooded airport were images of Don Muang, the domestic airport, not Suvarnabhumi International Airport!" explains Mrs. Srisuda Wanapinyosak. TAT is also working with international suppliers. They are doing this directly through their 25 overseas offices, developing local

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the first time. The Ping Nakara The 4 star, U Chiang Mai boutique hotel caption here tk (www.uhotelsresorts.com/chiang-mai) inspired by advertisements race and the Surin’s latest beach bar (www.pingnakara.com) isfour full-page in Bridal Guide's print tk tktktkka tktkt of the wasis honored in 2010 with stays open late into the night. There is the historic logging mansions publication. This a great opportunity for Thailand’s travel early 20th century.

The Kodchasri Thani “Boutique Hotel Award” the “Total also a new gym with sea views, above agents to consider Thailand Honeymoonintravel for Firstly, it aims to broaden (www.kodchasri.com), “fabu- in Experience” category for encouraging which is a private outdoor terrace that new profits 2012. the awareness of Thailand meaning can be used for parties and events. on the lous animal part of thewith a lion’s head but an guests to step into the local environThe hotel is approximately 25 minutes elephant’s is centrally located in ment and experience the surrounding Anantara Bangkok consumer, and trunk, secondly, by car from Phuket International Airport. the heart of the or Chiang Resort culture and heritage at their own pace. it strives to deepen the“old city”Riverside Advanced bookings of 60 days receive arelationship Mai’s downtown. ten min- forInthis general, Thailand is encouraging dewith travel It is only Just in time Honeymoon Campaign, the 10% discount for stays between Marchagents uteswho to the night bazaar shopping cenvelopment of more boutique hotels from specialize Anantara Bangkok Riverside has opened on the west 1 and April 15, 2012. Visit www.design-in selling ter. honeymoon Many historic sites historic buildings high quality bank of and the Chao Phraya River. with The quiet retreat servin travel.

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Bangkok is sixty covered in tropical gardens honeymoon couples and features wood and exterior, Forinterior more information onprivate Thailand, call minute walk fromathe hotel, including: Three New Boutique Hotels world-class destination, pool withAuthority swim-up bar, floor-to- at the Tourism of Thailand Wat Chedi Luang, Wat Phrabalconies, Singh, Watoutdoor by the superior The Chiang Mai - North Tourism Forum enhanced ceiling windows, and an exclusive Lounge.

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Phraya with Manhora Cruises (www.manohracruises. com), or getting a taste of Thailand's indigenous The campaign includes floating markets with a personalized boat dining an Amazing Thailand experience. From now until April 2012, book an Honeymoon Travel introductory rate, as well as a river view room Specialist Program hailand is a land of celebration, which is made apparFestival of Bangkok.

The date of this festival was to be upgrade including buffet breakfast and supposed inroom free for travel agents. internet.

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The objective of thiscorner festivalofis the to introduce indulgentthe spas, people,are and exciting at a 25% discount and a late check-out.

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Many international films are screened at the festival each year.

In addition segment with Bridal Guide magazine. Together dates vary from to year, dueThailand to lunar cycles.

Since there are to these screenings, there are film-related talks such as Master with year Bridal Guide, will distribute a weekly The Surin Phuket Class Workshop and other special Reopens events. festivals in e-newsletter every month ofand theother year indedicated all parts ofemail the country, blasts. itThey The Surin Phuket (formerly Thethe Chedi Phuket) is a small Even though it is not a national holiday, Chinese New Year is would be impossible to listvideo themonall.a However, will also post dedicatedhere micro-site to was reopened on December 21 after extensive sampling ofdialogue some festivals that travelers may interesting. celebrated with huge, elaborate festivals that can last for days. Durwith brides-to-be.

Thisfind will be coupled with renovation. Located on one of the most popular In January 2012, Bangkok will host the ninth annual World Film ing the celebrations, there are lots of firecrackers, parades, and Thai islands known for its lush tropical landscape dance troupes, usually featuring lions or dragons. Some people and white sandy beaches, the resort is nestled on prepare and make offerings of food and money for the gods and for the tranquil coast of Phuket's finest shore, Pansea their ancestors.

Red and gold are worn for luck in the New Year.

Beach. The 108- cottage seafront retreat has been From February – 5, 2012off thethe Chiang Mai Flower festival redesigned,3 showing new beach bar and gym, 29 Years takes place all around the city.

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Australia manages to offer the best of both worlds in many of their top tourist spots. If buzzing around Sydney’s cosmopolitan and culturally rich city center, you are surrounded by national parks and a bevy of beaches.

If in the globally known Gold Coast region, you are privy to sun soaked beaches and the best breaks in the business, while being surrounded by sophisticated, Miami style high rises. So, if looking for a bit of town and country or city and sea in your next trip Down Under, consider Sydney and The Gold Coast to be your top spots.

Thousands of stone pillars rise

in cool smoke-gray mists high above river-laced gorges. Cliffside walks lead to age-old hill-towns and richly adorned Mingdynasty temples. Limestone caves bristle with stalactites and stalagmites in phantasmagorical shapes. Placid green lakes reflect gnarled pines like Chinese landscape paintings come alive.

Few places on earth are as visually compelling as the Zhangjiajie region in mainland China’s Hunan Province. In James Cameron’s 2009 film “Avatar,” its mist-wreathed mountains were the inspiration for Hallelujah Mountain in the fairytale world of Pandora. Home to three major ethnic minorities, the Tujia, Bai and Miao, the region is also culturally rich. The 12-acre Tujia Folk Custom Park showcases the music and arts of Zhangjiajie’s largest ethnic minority.

Colorful embroidery, which Chinese emperors once claimed as tribute, adorns folk costumes, inexpensive bags and knapsacks sold at roadside stands, and elegant, yet affordable, embroidered paintings at the Tujia Embroidery Shop.

Staged at the foot of Tianmen Mountain, “Fairy Fox and the Woodman” and “Charming Western Hunan” (www. meilixiangxi.cn) with both indoor and outdoor stages, are stunning extravaganzas that marry age-old folk tales with Hollywoodstyle special effects, and hundreds of costumed singers, dancers and acrobats. Since the 1980s, thousands of Chinese, Japanese and Koreans have visited the Zhangjiajie region, home ofWulingyuan Scenic Area, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1992 and a Global Geopark since 2004.

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Yet, surprisingly, the region remains virtually unknown to American tourists.

All that is about to change. “In 2012,” says Ding Yunyong, director of the Zhangjiajie Tourism Bureau, “our priority is to develop the European and North American markets, particularly the markets for independent and high-end travelers, and MICE participants.We hope to catch up—and even lead—the tourism market.”

Settling Into Zhangjiajie

Zhangjiajie’s location should help put it on the map for Westerners. From Beijing or Shanghai, it’s about a 2 1/2-hour flight to Zhangjiajie Lotus Airport. There also are frequent trains from Shanghai (15 hours) and Beijing (22 hours).

After several days in Beijing or Shanghai, plan to spend 5-7 days exploring Zhangjiajie. Spring, summer or early fall is the best time to visit. Late October and November can be chilly and damp. Winter brings the beauty of snow and ice covered trees and mountains. In any season, pack warm jackets, hats and gloves as well as sturdy walking shoes or hiking boots.

Zhangjiajie City has about 60 starred hotels. Four and fivestar hotels tend to the monumental, with spacious grounds, facades guarded by massive statues of elephants or other “auspicious” creatures, gargantuan lobbies and spacious, well-appointed rooms. Expect spas, tennis courts and pools, but this being China, don’t be surprised to find badminton courts and chess rooms, too.

Incredibly, such palatial hotels only charge about $85 - $200 for doubles,

depending on room category, and whether it’s high season (March - end of November) or low season (December - end of February). Tariffs can double during holidays, including the Spring Festival (January 22-28, 2012) and Mid- Autumn Festival (September 30 - October 7, 2012), but they’re still a bargain.

Most visitors dine in their hotels at huge buffet-style restaurants. But top hotels also have a dozen private dining rooms where guests feast on 10 or more Hunan dishes, including sweet-andsour pork, spicy hot pot with beef and vegetables, duck and lamb, fish, and succulent braised pork belly (a favorite of Hunan-born Chairman Mao). Also served are potent local rice wine, and fragrant mountain-grown tea. Opened just nine months ago, 500-room Sunshine Hotel & Resort (www.sunshinehotelzjj.com), 10 minutes from downtown’s airport and rail station, is one of the most luxurious. Throughout the day, the excellent buffet restaurant serves scores of well-prepared Asian and Western dishes.

At the city’s northern edge, close to Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, are two other excellent five-star hotels: 456room Pullman Zhangjiajie (www.pullmanhotels.com), part of the inter-national Accor chain and with three restaurants, and Qinghe Jin Jiang International Hotel (www.qhjjhotel.com), whose buffet hall serves Chinese, Japanese and South Korean dishes.

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The vast Wulingyuan Scenic Area has more than 3,000 quartzite sandstone pillars, 40 caves, 32 canyons, and 800 lakes, rivers, streams, waterfalls and pools.

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its borders live 700 species of animals, including the elusive Asiatic black bear, clouded leopard, rhesus monkey, Chinese water deer and pangolin as well as the more commonly seen giant salamander. There are 700 types of trees, 450 kinds of ornamental flowers, and 3,000 plant species, including medicinal herbs.

Four major areas comprise Wulingyuan: Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, China’s first national forest park, which includes Yuanjiajie Scenic Area, home of Hallelujah Mountain; Suoxi Natural Resources Area, site of Baofeng Lake and Yellow Dragon Cave, and Tianzi Mountain Natural Resources Area with its cableway to the summit. Not officially part of Wulingyuan Scenic Area, Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park (www.tianmenshan.com.cn) is nonetheless stunning. From its terminus near the downtown rail station, the world’s longest mountain cable car ferries visitors five miles to Tianmen’s summit. Below, the Highway to Heaven makes 99 serpentine turns heading up the mountain toward sacred Tianmen Cave, an enormous hole through which a stunt pilot flew in 1999.

Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, China’s first national forest, is a 45-minute drive north of Zhangjiajie City.

The vast Wulingyuan Scenic Area has more than 3,000 quartzite sandstone pillars, 40 caves, 32 canyons, and 800 lakes, rivers, streams, waterfalls and pools.Within its borders live 700 species of animals, including the elusive Asiatic black bear, clouded leopard, rhesus monkey, Chinese water deer and pangolin as well as the more commonly seen giant salamander. There are 700 types of trees, 450 kinds of ornamental flowers, and 3,000 plant species, including medicinal herbs.

Four major areas comprise Wulingyuan: Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, China’s first national forest park, which includes Yuanjiajie Scenic Area, home of Hallelujah Mountain; Suoxi Natural Resources Area, site of Baofeng Lake and Yellow Dragon Cave, and Tianzi Mountain Natural Resources Area with its cableway to the summit. Not officially part of Wulingyuan Scenic Area, Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park (www.tianmenshan.com. cn) is nonetheless stunning. From its terminus near the downtown rail station, the world’s longest mountain cable car ferries visitors five miles to Tianmen’s summit.

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Thousands of stone pillars rise

in cool smoke-gray mists high above river-laced gorges. Cliffside walks lead to age-old hill-towns and richly adorned Mingdynasty temples. Limestone caves bristle with stalactites and stalagmites in phantasmagorical shapes. Placid green lakes reflect gnarled pines like Chinese landscape paintings come alive.

Few places on earth are as visually compelling as the Zhangjiajie region in mainland China’s Hunan Province. In James Cameron’s 2009 film “Avatar,” its mist-wreathed mountains were the inspiration for Hallelujah Mountain in the fairytale world of Pandora. Home to three major ethnic minorities, the Tujia, Bai and Miao, the region is also culturally rich. The 12-acre Tujia Folk Custom Park showcases the music and arts of Zhangjiajie’s largest ethnic minority.

Colorful embroidery, which Chinese emperors once claimed as tribute, adorns folk costumes, inexpensive bags and knapsacks sold at roadside stands, and elegant, yet affordable, embroidered paintings at the Tujia Embroidery Shop.

Staged at the foot of Tianmen Mountain, “Fairy Fox and the Woodman” and “Charming Western Hunan” (www. meilixiangxi.cn) with both indoor and outdoor stages, are stunning extravaganzas that marry age-old folktales with Hollywoodstyle special effects, and hundreds of costumed singers, dancers and acrobats. Since the 1980s, thousands

of Chinese, Japanese and Koreans have visited the Zhangjiajie region, home ofWulingyuan Scenic Area, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1992 and a Global Geopark since 2004. Yet, surprisingly, the region remains virtually unknown to American tourists.

All that is about to change. “In 2012,” says Ding Yunyong, director of the Zhangjiajie Tourism Bureau, “our priority is to develop the European and North American markets, particularly the markets for independent and high-end travelers, and MICE participants.We hope to catch up—and even lead—the tourism market.”

Settling Into Zhangjiajie

Zhangjiajie’s location should help put it on the map for Westerners. From Beijing or Shanghai, it’s about a 2 1/2-hour flight to Zhangjiajie Lotus Airport. There also are frequent trains from Shanghai (15 hours) and Beijing (22 hours).

After several days in Beijing or Shanghai, plan to spend 5-7 days exploring Zhangjiajie. Spring, summer or early fall is the best time to visit. Late October and November can be chilly and damp. Winter brings the beauty of snow and ice covered trees and mountains. In any season, pack warm jackets, hats and gloves as well as sturdy walking shoes or hiking boots.

Zhangjiajie City has about 60 starred hotels. Four and fivestar hotels tend to

the monumental, with spacious grounds, facades guarded by massive statues of elephants or other “auspicious” creatures, gargantuan lobbies and spacious, well-appointed rooms. Expect spas, tennis courts and pools, but this being China, don’t be surprised to find badminton courts and chess rooms, too.

Incredibly, such palatial hotels only charge about $85 - $200 for doubles, depending on room category, and whether it’s high season (March - end of November) or low season (December - end of February). Tariffs can double during holidays, including the Spring Festival (January 22-28, 2012) and Mid- Autumn Festival (September 30 - October 7, 2012), but they’re still a bargain.

Most visitors dine in their hotels at huge buffet-style restaurants. But top hotels also have a dozen private dining rooms where guests feast on 10 or more Hunan dishes, including sweet-andsour pork, spicy hot pot with beef and vegetables, duck and lamb, fish, and succulent braised pork belly (a favorite of Hunan-born Chairman Mao). Also served are potent local rice wine, and fragrant mountain-grown tea. Opened just nine months ago, 500-room Sunshine Hotel & Resort (www.sunshinehotelzjj.com), 10 minutes from downtown’s airport and rail station, is one of the most luxurious.

Throughout the day, the excellent buffet restaurant serves scores of well-prepared

EVA Launches New JFK -Taipei Service OEVA Air, the award-winning Taiwan carrier that celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2011, recently launched flights between New York’s JFK International Airport and Taipei. The departures replace the Newark International flights that inaugurated EVA’s East Coast service in 1993. To ease the transition, EVA has added free passenger shuttle service fromeastern NewJersey and the Philadelphia ar ea. The newflights,which debuted October 31, leave JFK’s Terminal One at 11:50 p.m. and arrive at Taipei’s Taoyuan International Airport at 7:20 a.m.

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The vast Wulingyuan Scenic Area has more than 3,000 quartzite sandstone pillars, 40 caves, 32 canyons, and 800 lakes, rivers, streams, waterfalls and pools.Within its borders live 700 species of animals, including the elusive Asiatic black bear, clouded leopard, rhesus monkey, Chinese water deer and pangolin as well as the more commonly seen giant salamander. There are 700 types of trees, 450 kinds of ornamental flowers, and 3,000 plant species, including medicinal herbs.

Four major areas comprise Wulingyuan: Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, China’s first national forest park, which includes Yuanjiajie Scenic Area, home of Hallelujah Mountain; Suoxi Natural Resources Area, site of Baofeng Lake and Yellow Dragon Cave, and Tianzi Mountain Natural Resources Area with its cableway to the summit. Not officially part of Wulingyuan Scenic Area, Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park (www.tianmenshan.com.cn) is nonetheless stunning. From its terminus near the downtown rail station, the world’s longest mountain cable car ferries visitors five miles to Tianmen’s summit.

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Located in the Qujiang Tourism district, once the site of the Royal Summer Garden of the Tang Dynasty, TheWestin Xian sits directly opposite the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, built over 1,000 years ago. A haven of luxury and relaxation, The Westin Xian invites travelers to experience refined Chinese hospitality in a storied location. The Divine Package offers guests the pure comfort of the Westin Heavenly Collection where gueserenity every night and wake up each morning refreshed and Recreate the enjoyment at home with a choice of Heavenly temptations – a plush Heavenly Bath Robe, pillow, or towel set.

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FOR MORE INFO To Beijing, there are nonstop flights from Newark International on Continental (www.continental.com) and United (www.united.com). To Shanghai’s Pudong or Hongqiao airport, there are nonstop flights from Newark aboard China Eastern Airlines (www.flychinaeastern. com) and from JFK on Continental and United. From Beijing to Zhangjiajie, Air China (www.airchina.us) has nonstop flights. From Shanghai’s Pudong Airport, there are nonstop flights to Zhangjiajie on China Eastern Airlines. There also are connecting flights to Zhangjiajie from Beijing and Shanghai’s Hongqiao Airport. http://english.zhangjiajie.gov.cn www.zjjgood.comm

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april index AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST Egypt......................................28 Israel........................................28 Kenya....................................28 Nigeria.................................28 So Africa...........................28 United Arab Emirates............................28

ASIA & THE SOUTH PACIFIC Afghanistan.................28 Australia............................28 China.....................................28 Hong Kong..................28 India.........................................28 Indonesia.........................28 Japan.......................................28 Korea. ....................................28 New Zealand............28 Philippines....................28 Singapore........................28 Tahiti......................................28 Taiwan.................................28 Thailand............................28 Vietnam.............................28

CARIBBEAN & BERMUDA Antigua...............................28 Aruba.....................................28 Bermuda..........................28 Bahamas...........................28 Haiti.........................................28 Puerto Rico.................28

EUROPE Afghanistan.................28 Australia............................28 China.....................................28 Hong Kong..................28 India.........................................28 Indonesia.........................28 Japan.......................................28 Korea. ....................................28 New Zealand............28 Philippines....................28 Singapore........................28 Tahiti......................................28 Taiwan.................................28 Thailand............................28 Vietnam.............................28 Antigua...............................28 Aruba.....................................28

EUROPE (Continued) Bermuda..........................28 Bahamas...........................28 Haiti.........................................28 Puerto Rico.................28 Afghanistan.................28 Australia............................28

SOUTH & CENTRAL AMERICA Antigua...............................28 Aruba.....................................28 Bermuda..........................28 Bahamas...........................28 Haiti.........................................28 Puerto Rico.................28 Bahamas...........................28 Haiti.........................................28 Puerto Rico.................28

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