Fast-track trip

A proposed high-speed rail linking Beijing and Moscow is among many transnational transport projects that may hasten tourism development. Yang Feiyue reports.

Tourism between China and Russia is about to accelerate since a 7,000-kilometer, 1.5 trillion yuan ($245 billion) high-speed rail under consideration will cut travel time between Beijing and Moscow from six days to two, the Beijing Information Office says.

"The high-speed train will give tourists another option and bring more visitors to China," says Jiang Yiyi, director of the China Tourism Academy's International Tourism Development Institute.