Booking tickets for major attractions can be one of the more confusing parts of planning a first trip to Beijing—especially when Chinese apps, WeChat mini-programs and local phone numbers appear to be involved. A traveler in a Beijing for First-time Travelers Facebook group had exactly this concern. They wanted the simplest possible way to buy tickets for Beijing’s major sights without having a Chinese phone number. Here is what the ChinaTravelBUG AI Travel Planner...
Part of the ChinaTravelBUG AI Travel Planner Answers series — real China travel questions answered by our AI-assisted travel planning service. A first-time traveler planning a visit to Beijing recently asked a very practical question: Where should you buy tickets for the Great Wall in advance, especially if you want to ride the famous Mutianyu toboggan? It sounds straightforward, but Mutianyu has several different tickets — entrance, shuttle bus, cable car, chairlift and...
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