COSTA DEL CHINA; Two week package hols in the sun for EUR 1,700.Byline: By RUKI SAYID CHINA joined the Costas yesterday as the first holiday charter trips from the UK were announced. Airtours, which pioneered package deals to Spanish resorts in the 1970s, is to offer a fortnight in China for EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 1,785. In the past only upmarket up·mar·ket adj. Appealing to or designed for high-income consumers; upscale: "He turned up in well-cut clothes . . . and upmarket felt hats" New Yorker. firms have offered bespoke be·spoke v. Past tense and a past participle of bespeak. adj. 1. Custom-made. Said especially of clothes. 2. Making or selling custom-made clothes: a bespoke tailor. city trips there for EUR 2,800 plus. Now it is set to challenge long-haul destinations such as Florida and the Caribbean. Steve Barrass, Airtours managing director, said: "We believe we've scaled the last great wall of travel. "The traditional two-week beach holiday so beloved by us is now available in China with a price tag equivalent to a Caribbean holiday." Airtours' 15-hour direct flights leave Gatwick or Manchester and land in the tropical beach resort of Sanya on Hainan Island in the South China Sea. Prices include two nights in the capital Beijing, including a trip to the Great Wall and the Forbidden City. Airtours predicts its deals will make China one of the most popular long-haul destinations for tourists. Frances Tuke, of the Association of British Travel Agents The Association of British Travel Agents, commonly abbreviated to ABTA, is a trade organization of British travel agents, founded in 1950. As of May 2005, it has 6310 Travel Agent members, and 1052 Tour Operator members; 85% of package holidays in the United Kingdom , said the move could shake the travel industry. She added: "China has not marketed itself as a sun and sea destination. This is a real departure - it has huge potential." Xiang Shi, UK director of the China National Tourist Office, said: "We are delighted." ruki.sayid@mirror.co.uk CAPTION(S): LURE: Great Wall of China |
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