China Focus: Education meets tourism in China's continued study travel boom

by Xinhua writer Zhang Yunlong

BEIJING, May 17 (Xinhua) -- As the summer heat begins to set in, temperatures have soared above 30 degrees Celsius in Qufu, the hometown of Confucius in Shandong Province. For Kong Lingmei, a guide at the Nishan Sacred Land tourist resort, the arrival of summer signals the beginning of the peak season for educational travel.

Kong guides study groups through the intricacies o