Urumqi Tourism - Information on Urumqi Tourism Industry

Urumqi Tourism:  Historically, Urumqi was the famous” Town of plough and gestation, Place of singing, dancing and sightseeing” in the Western Region with full-bodied ethic flavors. There are unique natural landscape and abundant tourism resources. Urumqi has the most ethnic groups live here among the capital cities in China. There are about 13 ethnics, such as the Uygur, the Han, the Hui, the Kazak, the Man, the Mongol, the Sibo and the Russia, etc. There is much difference in the ethnic costumes, the languages and the customs with obvious characteristics. Urumqi is the earth that assembles the Chinese cultural, India cultural, the Islamic culture and the Occident cultural, which make the brilliant local cultural landscape.
 
Urumqi Tour Guides:  By April, 2008, there are 9,741 licensed tour guides in Xinjiang according to China National Tourism Administration.
 
Urumqi Tourism Statistics (Inbound):