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Travelogue

Travelogue is an adventure tourism television series produced by CCTV. Each episode features a host who travels with a camera crew to a new destination in China or around the globe and experiences the sights, sounds, and culture that the location has to offer.

The show often takes the viewers beyond popular tourist destinations in order to give a more authentic and in depth look at local culture. Presenters often participate in the local and traditional culture wherever they go. They address the viewer directly, acting as tourists-turned-tour guides, but are also filmed interacting with locals and discovering interesting locations in (mostly) unrehearsed sequences.

Destinations
The show has taken viewers to all the best destinations in China, as well as Jamaica, Greece, Singapore, Namibia, Hong Kong and Taiwan

In 2007 Travelogue and their host  Marc Edwards filmed a 3 part series in conjunction with National Geographic’s Trends Traveller magazine. Here they travelled by car along the fabled Tea and Horse Trail from Lijiang in Yunnan to Lhasa in Tibet.

Travelogue produced the Being Beijing series and mini-series which aired throughout the Beijing Olympics in 2008 highlighting the best things to do, see and eat in the city for those attending the event.

In 2009 Travelogue produced CCTV News' 1st ever travel program in Taiwan where they toured the island for 3 weeks. The 5 part series was the 1st major travel program filmed between the mainland and Taiwan.

Presenters

 * Marc Edwards
 * Michele Lean
 * Greta Georges