4 entrepreneurs from Sichuan sign up for space trip in 2015  

四川“太空游”四富豪低調亮相 平均年齡40歲

2014年4月29日，四川省成都市，當日，我國西南地區通過代理商報名參加“太空之旅”旅游項目的四位人士在成都進行簽約。如果進展順利，明年年底，他們將從美國乘坐微型航空飛機到距離地球103公里的太空，去體驗5-6分鐘的太空游，并從太空遙望1/3地球，總費用72萬元。[查看全文]

(ECNS) -- Four rich people from Chengdu, Sichuan province, including one woman, signed up Tuesday for a space trip next year.

If everything goes well, they will travel to space on the rocket-powered Lynx plane, and take in a breathtaking view of Earth.

The tour service is offered by the Dutch Space Expedition Corp (SXC), which is cooperating with a local tourism company.

However, it is not an adventure for the average person, as the five-or-six-minute stay in space cost 720,000 yuan ($120,000). The whole trip lasts about an hour.

Altogether 100 people in the world will tour space in 2015, and China has been allocated more than 10 spots. The southeast region where Sichuan is situated has taken six posts, said Guo Hui, president of the local tourism company.

The four adventurers are around 40 years old. All of them run successful enterprises.

Luo Jian, the only woman, told the West China City Daily that she had no hesitation. "The happiness of fulfilling a space dream goes far beyond buying cars or houses."

Teng Jun, CEO of a real estate company, said he enjoys challenging sports and is learning to fly a helicopter.

High-end tourism like the space trip is targeting the rising number of wealthy Chinese, according to a report from the China Tourism Academy.