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December 2013, 40 th Edition On the evening of January 5 in 2014, the 30th Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival Opening will be launched at the Harbin International Conference Exhibition and Sports Center. The festival grand ceremony is featured by welcoming speeches, fireworks display and a series of theatrical performances. The festival is themed as "Ice & Snow City Harbin" and their major activity is to hold in Sun Island, Ice and Snow Amusement World and Zhaolin Park. Harbin offers fantastic tourist attractions and excellent winter facilities, adventures & activities - Skiing, snowboarding, winter swimming, dog sledding, horse sleigh rides, snow mobile safaris, ice lantern show, snow sculpture art EXPO, ice & snow sculpture competitions...they make your winter holidays and tour to Harbin enjoyable and unforgettable! More information below will follow the festival to update in time: Introduction of Event & Activity Date Venue 40th Harbin Ice Lantern Art Fair Dec 21, 2013 - Feb, 2014 Zhaolin Park 26th International Snow Sculpture Art Expo Dec 21, 2013 - Feb, 2014 Sun Island 15th Harbin Ice and Snow World Dec 23, 2013 - Feb, 2014 West end of the Sun Island HARBIN ICE AND SNOW FESTIVAL 2014 OFFICIAL OPENING

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December 2013, 40th

Edition

On the evening of January 5 in 2014, the 30th Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival Opening will be launched at the

Harbin International Conference Exhibition and Sports Center. The festival grand ceremony is featured by welcoming speeches,

fireworks display and a series of theatrical performances. The festival is themed as "Ice & Snow City Harbin" and their major activity

is to hold in Sun Island, Ice and Snow Amusement World and Zhaolin Park.

Harbin offers fantastic tourist attractions and excellent winter facilities, adventures & activities - Skiing, snowboarding, winter

swimming, dog sledding, horse sleigh rides, snow mobile safaris, ice lantern show, snow sculpture art EXPO, ice & snow sculpture

competitions...they make your winter holidays and tour to Harbin enjoyable and unforgettable!

More information below will follow the festival to update in time:

Introduction of Event & Activity Date Venue

40th Harbin Ice Lantern Art Fair Dec 21, 2013 - Feb, 2014 Zhaolin Park

26th International Snow Sculpture Art Expo Dec 21, 2013 - Feb, 2014 Sun Island

15th Harbin Ice and Snow World Dec 23, 2013 - Feb, 2014 West end of the Sun Island

HARBIN ICE AND SNOW FESTIVAL 2014 OFFICIAL OPENING

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More information below will follow the festival to update in time:

Introduction of Event & Activity Date Venue

31th Ice Sculpture Competition for Students in Harbin Middle and Primary

Schools

Dec, 2013 Zhaolin Park

11th Heilongjiang Province University Students Ice Sculpture Competition Dec 26-27, 2013 Zhaolin Park

8th National University Students Ice Sculpture Competition Dec 28-29, 2013 Zhaolin Park

28th Harbin International Ice Sculpture Competition Jan 6-8, 2014 Zhaolin Park

25th Heilongjiang Province Masses Ice Sculpture Competition Jan 15-16, 2014 Zhaolin Park

14th Heilongjiang Province Snow Sculpture Competition Dec 7-10, 2013 Sun Island

20th National Snow Sculpture Competition Dec 17-20, 2013 Sun Island

19th Harbin International Snow Sculpture Competition Jan 4-6, 2014 Sun Island

6th International University Students Snow Sculpture Competition Jan 4-7, 2014 Harbin Engineering

University

13th Snow Sculpture Competition for Students in Harbin Middle and Primary

Schools

Jan 17, 2014 Sun Island

4th Ice and Snow Culture Art Festival Activities Dec,2013-Jan, 2014 Community Plaza,

Daoli District

Stunt and Dance Show on the ice Dec,2013-Feb, 2014 Ice and Snow World

Harbin Ice and Snow Animation Week Jan 1, 2014 Ice and Snow World

3th Central Street Ice Sculpture Art and Culture Festival Dec 25, 2013-Feb,

2014

Central Street

LI RIVER AS ONE OF WORLD’S 15 BEST RIVERS

The Li River in China was named as one of world’s 15 best rivers for travelers

recently by CNN. The Amazon River, the Zambezi, the Nile, the Volga and other

beautiful rivers are also on the list. Li River in Guilin of south China’s Guangxi

Zhuang Autonomous Region is one of tributaries of the Yangtze River. It is

famous for the picturesque mountains, crystal clear river and Karst topography.

HUANGSHAN INTERNATIONAL HOT SPRING CULTURE FESTIVAL KICKS OFF

The Sixth Mount Huangshan International Hot Spring Culture Festival kicks off

at the renowned tourism city of Huangshan in east China's Anhui province last

November. During the opening ceremony, several activities include “Hot Spring

Tourism Forum”, and”Mount Huangshan Photographic Exhibition” were held.

The festival will last to December 18 this year.

KUNMING’S FIRST INTERNATIONALLY BRANDED 5-STAR HOTEL

Luxury hotel operator InterContinental Hotel Groups (IHG) started the urban

resort concept in Southwest China as it launched the InterContinental Kunming,

the first internationally branded 5-star hotel in Kunming, capital city of Yunnan

Province.

Nestled in the center of the National Tourism Area of Dianchi Lake, the new

hotel is close to downtown as well as a number of scenic venues such as West

Mountain and Yunnan Ethnic Village.

As the first urban resort in Southwest China, the hotel fuses the group’s signature luxury offerings with the facilities and services of a

premier city-based retreat. The hotel offers 541 elegant guestrooms, each uniquely designed to create a modern, yet natural atmosphere

highlighted by traditional Yunnan characteristics.

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Zhuhai Chimelong International Ocean Resort

China Panorama has once again ventured on another effort to provide you with new and exciting destination in China. Our Guangzhou

itinerary will once again have something fresh to offer to all of our travelers to fully enjoy your China tour. We’d like to introduce to

you another quality theme park by Chimelong, the Zhuhai Chimelong International Ocean Resort.

Location It is located in Hengqin New Area of Zhuhai city which is one of the birthplaces of China’s marine culture. It faces Hong Kong in the

east across the sea and joins Macau in the south. Also, it is close to many other cities in Guangdong Province. It enjoys various

transportation links by air, train, long-distance bus, or ship to Guangzhou and Shenzhen of Guangdong Province as well as the Special

Administrative Region of Hong Kong and Macao.

The Resort Zhuhai Chimelong International Ocean Resort is designated as a national special economic district. It is an international mega resort

with a comprehensive theme invested by the Guangdong Chimelong Group Co., Ltd. The resort is equipped with high-standard

amenities and facilities, first-class design and well-structured management. It has a large international resort with theme parks, a

luxury hotel, a business convention center, a shopping mall and a recreation center.

The Chimelong Ocean Kingdom and the Chimelong Hengqin Hotel – both ocean themed - welcomes tourists from all over the world.

Chimelong Ocean Kingdom Chimelong Ocean Kingdom is the result of more than 20 years of Chimelong Group’s unique experience in building and operating

theme parks. Based on advanced design concepts as well as ideas from theme parks around the world, Chimelong Ocean Kingdom,

built with advanced technology, is among the biggest and most imaginative ocean theme parks in the world with its rare ocean animals,

state-of-the-art equipment and exotic performances.

Chimelong Hengqin Hotel Chimelong Hengqin Hotel is designed by a world-famous architecture firm. It is the biggest ocean themed hotel in China with 1,888

deluxe rooms, with vivid ocean elements and an amazing dolphin theme. It is one of the most stylish theme hotels in the world.

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The World’s Largest Aquarium Chimelong Ocean Kingdom consists of ocean animals’ aquariums and stadiums, such as the Whale Shark Aquarium, the White Whale

Aquarium, the Sea Lion Stadium and the Dolphin Stadium. The White Whale Aquarium is the biggest ocean animal aquarium in the

world with a water volume of 2.2 million cubic meters which is 1.5 times larger than the current largest aquarium: the Georgia

Aquarium. This aquarium not only has lots of white whales, but also a wide variety of roughly 55,000 rare species of fish. The largest

acrylic glass of length 39.6 meters and width 8.3 meters is installed in the White Whale Aquarium. This gives visitors a whole new

experience of the undersea world.

China International Circus Festival The city of Zhuhai and Guangdong Chimelong Group also hosts China International Circus Festival, which is a high standard

international circus and acrobatics event with Chinese characteristics, world-Class standards and international influence. Around 30 of

the world’s top circuses and acrobatics teams from 17 countries perform here. Performances include funny clowns, aerial acrobatics,

stage acrobatics, animal-Acts and magic.

International Circus Town The International Circus Town is located in Zhuhai Hengqin Chimelong International Ocean Resort area, which integrates Chimelong

Ocean Kingdom and Chimelong Hengqin Bay Hotel creating a group of buildings with marine characteristics and forming a

landscaped bridge between the theme park and the azure sea, becoming a big attraction for tourists. The International Circus Town,

together with the amazing and refreshing performances of the Circus Festival and the Chimelong Ocean Kingdom, will make your

holiday trip a unique experience.

We know you’re already excited with this new amazement in China, but more info and detailed itineraries will be released as soon as

we’ve already settled everything.

CHINA PANORAMA TOUR BROCHURE 2014

China Panorama has already finalized the revision of our China tour itineraries and our new tour brochure is about to be released very

soon. A new set of improved itineraries, with some addition of fresh and exciting destinations are what our travelers and travel partners

alike can look forward to.

We’ll never stop to make our China tour packages better and offer you our expertise, personal attention and an unmatched array of

tours to suit your needs. With China Panorama, you will always have the assurance of an experienced tour operator with you every step

of your travel in China.

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China Panorama Scheduled Departures

DEPARTURE

DATE

TOUR

CODE CATEGORY TOUR AIRLINES PRICE TAXES TOTAL EBD

CHINA HIGHLIGHTS

JAN 09 B1-4

PAYLITE

BEIJING 4 DAYS

CX $ 428 / PAX $ 143 /

PAX

$ 571 / PAX

$ 20 /

PAX

FB1-4 $ 328 / PAX $ 471 / PAX

JAN 16 CB1-4

PREMIER PR $ 478 / PAX $ 185 /

PAX

$ 663 / PAX

FB1-4 $ 318 / PAX $ 503 / PAX

JAN 23 B1-4

PAYLITE CX $ 428 / PAX $ 143 /

PAX

$ 571 / PAX

FB1-4 $ 328 / PAX $ 471 / PAX

JAN 09 CC1A-6 PAYLITE

BEIJING, SHANGHAI 6

DAYS (BULLET

TRAIN)

CX $ 698/ PAX $ 143 /

PAX $ 841 / PAX

$ 30/

PAX JAN 14 C1A-6 PREMIER PR $ 848 / PAX

$ 185 /

PAX $ 1,033 / PAX

JAN 23 CC1A-6 PAYLITE CX $ 698 / PAX $ 143 /

PAX $ 841 / PAX

JAN 09 CC1A-7 PAYLITE BEIJING, SHANGHAI,

HANGZHOU,

WUZHEN 7 DAYS

(BULLET TRAIN)

CX $ 848 / PAX $ 143 /

PAX $ 991 / PAX

$ 30/

PAX JAN 14 C1A-7 PREMIER PR $ 1,008 / PAX

$ 185 /

PAX $ 1,193 / PAX

JAN 23 CC1A-7 PAYLITE CX $ 848 / PAX $ 143 /

PAX $ 991 / PAX

JAN 12 CH2-4 PAYLITE SHANGHAI,

HANGZHOU,

WUZHEN 4 DAYS

PR

$ 488 / PAX

$ 185 /

PAX

$ 673 / PAX

$ 20 /

PAX

JAN 16 H2-4 PREMIER $ 548 / PAX $ 733 / PAX

JAN 26 CH2-4 PAYLITE $ 518 / PAX $ 703 / PAX

JAN 30 H2-4 STANDARD $ 538 / PAX $ 753 / PAX

JAN 10 G1-3

PREMIER

GUANGZHOU,

CHIMELONG 3 DAYS PR

$ 418/ PAX

$ 543/ PAX

$ 20 /

PAX

FG1-3 $ 218/ PAX $ 343/ PAX

JAN 17 G1-3

STANDARD $ 398/ PAX $ 523/ PAX

FG1-3 $ 188/ PAX $ 313/ PAX

JAN 24 CG1-3

PAYLITE $ 398/ PAX $ 523/ PAX

FG1-3 $ 228/ PAX $ 353/ PAX

JAN 31 CG1-3

PAYLITE $ 398/ PAX $ 523/ PAX

FG1-3 $ 228/ PAX $ 353/ PAX

JAN 19 HD4 STANDARD

WUZHEN, MT.

PUTUO, SHANGHAI 4

DAYS

PR $ 608 / PAX $ 185 /

PAX $ 793 / PAX

$ 20 /

PAX

ESSENCE OF AROUND CHINA

JAN 06 W1 STANDARD

HARBIN ICE AND

SNOW FESTIVAL

4, 5 & 7 DAYS

CZ

$ 928 / PAX $ 178 /

PAX

$ 1106 / PAX $ 20 /

PAX

JAN 16

W1

PREMIER

$ 988 / PAX $ 1166 / PAX

W2 $ 1258 / PAX

$ 169 /

PAX

$ 1427 / PAX $ 30 /

PAX

W3 $ 1548 / PAX $ 1717 / PAX $ 40 /

PAX

JAN 22

W2 $ 1258 / PAX $ 1427 / PAX $ 30 /

PAX

W3 $ 1548 / PAX $ 1717 / PAX $ 40 /

PAX

* RATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE.

* RATES ARE BASED ON GROUP DEPARTURES.

* INTERNATIONAL TICKETS & HOTELS ARE SUBJECT FOR AVAILABILITY & SUBJECT FOR BUY UP & FARE DIFFERENCE.

* BOOK & DEPOSIT 30 DAYS BEFORE DEPARTURE TO AVAIL EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT (EBD).

*BOOK YOUR SUMMER TOURS WITH CHINA PANORAMA ON OR BEFORE FEB 16 AND DOUBLE YOUR EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT.

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DEPARTURE DATE

TOUR CODE

CATEGORY TOUR AIRLINES PRICE TAXES TOTAL EBD

CHINA HIGHLIGHTS

FEB 13 CB1-4

PAYLITE

BEIJING 4 DAYS

CZ $458 / PAX $ 122 /

PAX

$ 580 / PAX

$ 20 /

PAX

FB1-4 $358 / PAX $ 480 / PAX

FEB 20 B1-4

STANDARD

PR

$ 468 / PAX

$ 185 /

PAX

$ 653 / PAX

FB1-4 $ 308 / PAX $ 493 / PAX

FEB 25 B1-4

PREMIER $ 478 / PAX $ 663 / PAX

FB1-4 $ 318 / PAX $ 503 / PAX

FEB 27 B1-4

STANDARD $ 468 / PAX $ 653 / PAX

FB1-4 $ 308 / PAX $ 493 / PAX

FEB 13 CC1A-6 PAYLITE BEIJING,

SHANGHAI 6

DAYS (BULLET

TRAIN)

PR

$ 688 /PAX

$ 185

/PAX

$ 873 / PAX

$ 30/P

AX

FEB 20 C1A-6 STANDARD $ 818 / PAX $ 1,003 / PAX

FEB 25 C1A-6 PREMIER $ 828 / PAX $ 1,013 / PAX

FEB 27 C1A-6 STANDARD $ 798 / PAX $ 983 / PAX

FEB 13 CC1A-7 PAYLITE BEIJING,

SHANGHAI,

HANGZHOU,

WUZHEN 7 DAYS

(BULLET TRAIN)

PR

$ 818 / PAX

$ 185 /

PAX

$ 1,003 / PAX

$ 30/

PAX

FEB 20 C1A-7 STANDARD $ 908 / PAX $ 1,093 / PAX

FEB 25 C1A-7 PREMIER $ 978 / PAX $ 1,163 / PAX

FEB 27 C1A-7 STANDARD $ 938 / PAX $ 1,123 / PAX

FEB 14 CG1-3

PAYLITE

GUANGZHOU,

CHIMELONG 3

DAYS

PR

$ 328 / PAX

$ 125 /

PAX

$ 453 / PAX

$ 20 /

PAX

FG1-3 $ 158 / PAX $ 283 / PAX

FEB 21 G1-3

STANDARD $ 398 / PAX $ 523 / PAX

FG1-3 $ 188 / PAX $ 313 / PAX

FEB 28 G1-3

PREMIER $ 418 / PAX $ 543 / PAX

FG1-3 $ 218 / PAX $ 343 / PAX

FEB 16 CH2-4 PAYLITE

SHANGHAI,

HANGZHOU,

WUZHEN 4 DAYS

MU $ 468 / PAX $ 171 /

PAX $ 639 / PAX

$ 20 /

PAX

FEB 20 H2-4 STANDARD PR $ 518 / PAX $ 185 /

PAX $ 703 / PAX

FEB 22 CH2-4 PAYLITE MU $ 468 / PAX $ 171 /

PAX $ 639 / PAX

FEB 27 H2-4 PREMIER PR $ 518 /PAX $ 185 /

PAX $ 703 / PAX

FEB 16

HD4-S STANDARD

WUZHEN, MT.

PUTUO,

SHANGHAI 4

DAYS

PR $ 608 / PAX $ 185 /

PAX $ 793 / PAX

$ 20 /

PAX FEB 19 MU $ 588 / PAX

$ 171 /

PAX $ 759 / PAX

FEB 23 PR $ 578 / PAX $ 185 /

PAX $ 763 / PAX

* RATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE.

* RATES ARE BASED ON GROUP DEPARTURES.

* INTERNATIONAL TICKETS & HOTELS ARE SUBJECT FOR AVAILABILITY & SUBJECT FOR BUY UP & FARE DIFFERENCE.

* BOOK & DEPOSIT 30 DAYS BEFORE DEPARTURE TO AVAIL EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT (EBD).

*BOOK YOUR SUMMER TOURS WITH CHINA PANORAMA ON OR BEFORE FEB 16 AND DOUBLE YOUR EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT.

China Panorama Scheduled Departures

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Nihao!

Welcome to our 40th

edition.

China Panorama strives to push China tourism further and we never stop to innovate and give you the best China tours that

we could possibly provide. That’s why we once again came up with another great innovation in our Guangzhou itineraries,

with addition of another Chimelong attraction in Zhuhai. Itinerary will be out shortly after we’ve finalized every detail. Our

upcoming China tour brochure for 2014 is about to be released as well with various enhancements as part of our effort to

innovate.

The rest of the topics included in this edition are regarding appreciation of China’s Li River, Kunming’s newest 5-star

deluxe hotel, and Hot Spring Festival in Huangshan. Have a good time reading.