Getting there

By Air

Airport Code: TEN

Location: Guizhou Tongren Daxing Airport is located on the border of Guizhou and Hunan Provinces, 21 kilometers (13.05 miles) from Tongren City, 30 kilometers (18.64 miles) from Feng Huang Cheng (Phoenix Town).

Brief Intro: Guizhou Tongren Daxing Airport was first established in 1958. The airport was recently expanded and reopened in 2001 covering an area of 2,437 mu (about 401 acres). It has a new terminal building which can handle 320,000 people per year. The runway is now 2,000 meters (about 1,080 miles) long and 45 meters (about 24.3 miles) wide.

It has the scheduled fights to the destination of Beijing, Guiyang, Chongqing, Changsha, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, etc. After the airport was open to navigation in 2001, the tourists can easily reach many scenic areas in Tongren by air. There are such tourist destinations around Guizhou Tongren Daxing Airport as Mt. Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve, Nine-dragon Cave Scenic Area, Jinjiang River, Feng Huang Cheng (Phoenix Town), etc.

For the activation of Tongren aviation business, Guilin - Tongren - Beijing new line has been opened in Guizhou Tongren Daxing Airport every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. This line will promote the development of the tourism in Tongren, Southeast Guizhou and West Hunan area.

Facilities:
Guizhou Tongren Daxing Airport now has the most advanced communications, navigation, weather and security-examination equipment.

Airport Transportation:
There are shuttle bus and taxis to choose from to travel into Tongren City from the airport. The city is less than a half-an-hour drive from the airport. The ticket price of the shuttle bus is about CNY10. However, a schedule for the shuttle bus has not been provided.

By Train

Tongren Railway Station is located at the northeast corner of Tongren City near the Tongren Normal School and about 2 kilometers (about 1.24 miles) away from the city center. Public bus No.7, 4 will take you to Tongren Railway Station.

Another station called Yuping Railway Station is located at Pingxi Town of Yuping Dong Autonomous County in Tongren Region and is not far from Tongren Railway Station. Tourist can get off the train at this station and then go to Tongren City by coach.
Ticket-booking Office of Yuping Railway Station
Tel: 0856-3222209

By Long-distance Bus

There are two main coach stations in Tongren City. One is Tongren Region Long-distance Passenger Transport Corporation located at Tianshuijing Road, Tongren City. The coaches in this station are mainly to the destination of Sichuan, Hunan. The telephone for enquiry: 0856-5222305.

The other station is Coach Bus Transportation Corporation of Tongren Region located at Luchang Road, Tongren City. The coaches in this station are to the destinations of Guiyang (Guizhou), Zunyi (Guizhou), Wenzhou (Zhejiang), Huidong (Guangdong), Puning (Guangdong) and Huaihua (Hunan). Bus No.4 can take you there. The telephone for enquiry: 0856-5255596.

Getting around

By City-bus

There are more than 10 bus lines in Tongren City covering most of the main buildings and avenues. The following provides some information about the lines:

No.1 Jiyuan → 531 → Fenbu Xiqu
No.2 Regional State Tax Bureau → Regional Tobacco Factory
No.3 Huaguoshan → Regional Tobacco Factory
No.4 Jiyuan → Kejing → Xunzhang
No.5 Regional Cement Factory → Ximen Qiaotou
No.6 Jiyuan Railway Station → Industrial Technical Secondary School
No.7 Tong Zi Ao → Regional Hospital
No.8 Tongren City Paper Vessel Factory → Coal Gas Project → Chengliu Town
No.9 Nanfu → Chemical Fertilizer Plant
No.10 Jiyuan → Manghe Forestry Centre
No.11 Jiyuan → Lilin Shahou
No.12 Jiyuan → Hehe → Nanguan Zhuang (Village)
No.14 Jiyuan → Cha Chang (Tea Factory)
No.16 Jiyuan → Dong Liu Yang → Nanwang Zhuang (Village) → Nie Zhuang (Village)
No.18 Jiyuan → Jiang Cun (Village)
No.19 Jiyuan → Zhang Jin
No.25 Jiyuan → Shang Zhuang (Village)
No.28 Jiyuan → Xi Liu Yang → Nan Du → Hua Shi
No.52 Jiyuan → 531 Si Fen Bu

By Taxi

In Tongren City, it is convenient to travel by taxi and taking taxi is very cheap. The base price is for the beginning 3 kilometers (1.86 miles): CNY3 for one person; CNY4 for two persons; CNY5 for three or more persons. The starting price is CNY5 from 22:00-23:00 and after than it goes up to CNY6. Then every additional kilometer costs CNY1. Taking taxi to circle around the city tourists spend no more than CNY6 even at night and during the daytime, around CNY3 is necessary to get around the city proper.

If going to Yuping Dong Autonomous County and Jiangkou County which are frequently visited by visitors, it is still economical to take a taxi. Departing from Tongren Bus Station, one passenger is charged CNY15-CNY20, which is only a little bit higher than taking a minibus. But the drivers usually leave when the car are full of four passenger.