Is the Silk Road China’s Most Exciting Travel Destination?
The Silk Road has long been a popular tourist destination. The number of tour companies and travel agents that offer tours and tourist services has increased dramatically. China is modernising fast and soon the original Silk Road experiences will be gone forever. Travel there is safe, affordable and reasonably comfortable. Ask anyone who has travelled the Silk Road and they will tell you that is was an unforgettable, once in a lifetime experience. The Silk Road has become one of China’s most popular tourist destinations. It is already offered by heaps of travel agents and tour companies in 2010. So why is it so popular? Going back in history, the Silk Road extends from Xian in central China to either the Middle East or Europe. In fact there are many routes, some to Moscow in the north and those into India and Pakistan in the south. Just like travellers in the time of Marco Polo – thirteenth century – the ancient trade routes still exist although the type of goods sold and the method of
