Xian CITS, short for Xian China International Travel Service Co., Ltd. Found in 1956, is a key member of the CITS Group and the strongest travel company in general handling capacity in Shaanxi tourist industry. Since 1978 the total number of the tourists, both inbound and outbound, handled by CITS is up to 3 million, 240,000 in 2005, 248,000 in 2006 and over 270,000 in 2007.
As one of the Best Top Ten Travel Service Companies in China and one Hundred Travel Service Companies both in the international and domestic categories, Xian CITS has been conferred the Best Performance Award by the Shaanxi Provincial Government for nine consecutive years. It was named by the Ministry of Personnel and the National Tourism Administration of the People’s Republic of China as an "Outstanding Enterprise in the Tourist Industry of China”, the only travel company that has received such an honor in Shaanxi Province and was awarded by Xian People’s Government as the “Four-diamond Quality Travel Service Company”, the highest honor and gained the certificate of ISO 9001: 2000 standard.
With its main business to be marketing and operation of in-bound travel for international tourists and out-bound tours for domestic citizens traveling abroad. With 605 staff members, Xian CITS has a team of 215 university-educated and well-trained professional tour guides speaking various foreign languages, English, Japanese, French, Germany, Spanish, Italian and Indonesian etc. Meanwhile, as the first IATA agent in the northwest China, Xian CITS provides a complete range of service in international and domestic air ticketing. Closely center on the travel business as its main lines, Xian CITS has expected its business multilaterally and tried to make repeated utilization of its business resources by establishing subsidiaries such as the Chang’an Tour Motor Coach Company, the Chang’an Interpreter and Translator Service Company, the Color-photo and Photo Plating Company, and Xian CITS auto Repair & Maintenance Works.