Travel agencies slash prices of domestic group tours

BEIJING, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- China's travel agencies had cut an average 30 percent off the price of most domestic group tours by Thursday, the fourth day of the National Day "golden week".CYTS, CITS, CCT and other major agencies were discounting trips to top tourist attractions, including Great Jiuzhaigou (Jiuzhai and Huanglong) in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Lijiang in Yunnan Province, Zhangjiajie in central China's Hunan Province, and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in the northwest, which depart after Thursday. Costs for tours abroad, particularly Japan and the Republic of Korea, fell by up to 1,000 yuan (132 U.S. dollars), according to prices offered by www.ctrip.com.