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Having tourists come to a place will benefit the locals. It have potential source of generating and sustaining incomes and at the same time will boost up the economy for the place.

Want to attract tourist to your place?

It doesn’t matter even if your place is a non-attracted destination, rural or remote area, you still can make it. There are many type of tourists, some like to visit urban area and spent their holiday in the developing cities. And also there is a type who wants to have an experience in the rural places or small towns and see other cultures. The opportunity is always be there.

Do this as a community project. Set up a group from your community to run a tour package. In this package you should include the accommodation, food and beverage. For the accommodation you don’t have to provide hotel or motel. It is enough if you just provide a house for the tourists to stay while they were there.

Identify the strong element that can attract and sustain tourist. What you can do is, show them the local folk’s culture, dance and attire. Create some event such as exhibition about history of your place, way of life and culture.

Set up a place where you can teach them how to make your local favorite cuisine and a lot more things that you can imagine.

Produce something unique, such as homemade handcrafts so they can take home as a souvenir. Make your place an exciting destination for the tourists. Make them enjoy their holiday every moment they were there. Don’t forget, as they walk in treat  them as your visitor.

Advertising and marketing has to be done after all the preparations. Make a deal with the local travel gencies.

Make some articles with photographs about your place and publish it in the newspapers , magazines  and also in the internet.

If you plan to travel, make it in group while you can. There are some benefits you can share by travel in group. Make a plan and do some surveys. Travel in group is a good way to save money, and it is easy to get it too.

When you book for tickets, ask for group airfare. You will get the best deal when all members in your group come from the same place. The airline company may offer discounts and if you are lucky they also give bonuses.

A few advantages will come along beside discounted tickets are reserved seating, package options and free airfare.

Ask the airlines companies to make sure you understand their term and conditions before you reserve any tickets. Policies are varies from each airlines company. Most airlines company will consider minimum 10 people as a group.

This group advantages also provided by hotels and restaurants. Things such as room upgrades and reserve seat will be consider. This add- on come with discounted price that you already get.

Once you have done with the reservations, don’t forget about the transport from the airport to the hotel. Ask the hotel to provide your group with a shuttle and include it as a final prize.

Negotiate all the way while you can. After all, the worst word you will hear from them is ‘no’ to stop you from bargain and start to look for other companies.

Make a search on internet, you will find some websites that provided service to assist you with your travel plan. They will give you the best rates by booking as a group. Some sites also provide service for booking flights and do reservation for restaurants via online.

 In the land of The Great Wall there are diverse fascinating locations and destinations that can make you full of excitement. But for the person who first time step in the vast historical country make you feel incredibly daunting. To assist you with the matter here are some guide to follow, so you can squeeze in with more convenient and confident.

About their language

It is a first hurdle for traveler who doesn’t know their language. Communication with the local is a must. Even their children learn English from primary school but the barrier still exist. So it is advisable for you to learn a few keywords and phrases before your visit. Try to do some search in the internet, there are website that you can learn Mandarin for free. Learn the basic phrase. Before you leave for China try to find a basic pocket dictionary English – Chinese / Chinese- English. The essential thing you should do to make sure you doesn’t get lose, keep in your pocket wherever you go a business card of your hotel that written in Chinese language. Also do the same for the place you want to visit. This will make you easy to ask for direction from the local passers-by or taxi driver.

Plan Your Itinerary

      China is a big land, with many large cities, largest deserts, and highest mountains. You would need a few days to figure out a plan and months of traveling to cover one city. The best practices is choosing one region and explore the place properly. Do some researches before you get there, it will help you get basic knowledge of the region. These are a few cities that you can start with, Sichuan, Guangxi and of course the heart of China, Beijing. Weather for the day Check the weather before you go for travel, in China there are places you can enjoy ideal weather for the whole year. But keep in mind not everywhere is weather perfect. Don’t make the weather ruin your first trip. Go and check where is hot and where is cold. Spring and autumn are the best time here but it doesn’t cover all provinces, and many places in China have it for only a few weeks long.

Take Public transport

           Forget the taxis or airplanes and use buses, trains or bicycles for your journey. By doing this you will more closer to the local people and see the places how they see it. Of course it is easy to travel by plane and then just take a taxi to wander around but you will never gain an experience. Their public transport are extensively develop and getting better every year. If you like cycling, there are cycle lanes in Beijing and many towns as well. And don’t apprehensions of getting lose. The friendly and helpful Chinese people always be on hand to show you the way.

          Before you buy  your rail pass you should  shop around. Many agents propose  variety of bonuses; such as, you will get a free planning map or  DVD about travel with your purchase. Rail Europe is always offer running promotions to nearly all their destinations. Make  sure you check their promotion page regularly, because  new offer appear up regularly.

         Plan your program carefully before you procure your pass. Flexipass holders could save money and days by purchasing singe tickets for short period  trips. Such as, say you’ve bought a Eurail Italy Pass, valid for 7 days of travel within a 2-month. At the price $252 for the second-class pass,  average cost per day is $36. Instead of wasting your travel day on a trip from Florence to Pisa — which costs $17 — you can buy a separate ticket for the trip and you could save the travel day with your rail pass by a night train or with longer journey.

         Make sure to validated your rail pass when you begin to use it at the  railway ticket office just before boarding on a train. Make sure you don’t  write anything on the pass before validation; the ticket agent should  write this for you. You may do the validation for  the ticket onboard, but you have  to pay for extra fee.

         With your rail pass you are allowed  to board any train, but it doesn’t  guarantee you any seat, couchette or sleeper dock. In addition, high-speed trains may need a supplement. If you are not sure, ask your  ticket agent before you get on the train.

         Eurail Flexi Pass owner must write that day’s date of travel in ink before get on  the train. For a night train leaving after 7 p.m., write the date for the next day; in this case you  only have to use 1 of your ticket travel days. However, if you board another  train before midnight, you have to use two days.

          You may be asked to give your rail pass and passport to the conductor during boarding a night train. The conductor  will manage of dealing with the customs officials for your side  as you go through each country during the route.

        Before you travel ,you should  aware of your train route. If you travel through any country that is not recorded on the rail pass, you must  pay for the full amount  for that part of the trip. You may buy this in advance if not you should get a fine; just talk to the ticket agent about your destination and they will issue a ticket that cover the full journey.

       For your safety precaution you should purchase pass insurance, if you lost it you can have a refund.

            Now it is mid of october , year end are around the corner.Thats mean  time for holiday are coming. So now is the best time to book your holiday travel.

           As the year end 2011 holiday travel season appear into view, to claim each  penny as possible of our holiday travel expenditures we can all rely on the airlines to try on . The prices are fluctuating on a few months back. But after the decreasing capacity, on the whole the airlines industries have found somewhat of a sweet spot of late, and are flying full seats and offering fairly stable pricing. The best part of this for travelers is that it is now a whole lot easier to plan and stick to a travel budget; and the worst is that there are very fewer loss leader and “fire sale” fare sales these days, and this will be especially true this holiday season.

          Several surveys from the past few years show that early to mid October is the best time to book your holiday travel, noting that in every year since 2006, prices have come down for this relatively brief window before starting to increase again into the peak holiday travel season. This is not a hard and fast rule, but if come across on something you like, you may want to book it, as things will not likely get better than they are right now. Book it now or you will regret.

           And one thing I want you to keep in mind are about the fees.You are likely be charged for almost everything you do from the moment you sit down at your computer to search for a fare until you get home — online booking fees, fees to speak to someone on the phone, fees to use your miles or points, fees to pick your seat, fees for every checked bag, fees for headphones, fees for foods, even fees for carry-on bags.

          For someone who seldom travel be prepared to pay some extra money on the hidden charges. On a $18 roundtrip fare could ended up costing to $156. So beware of the fees.

         And if you travel in a group or with your family search first for a single seat, most booking engines show the fare of the highest priced ticket  as when searching for multiple seats,— and in most cases charge you that price for all the tickets you purchase. Search instead on a single seat, and they will tell you the lowest available price on that flight you can get, so you can make a better informed purchase.