As a foreigner, can I stay at any budget hotel in Urumqi/XinJiang or must pay high price elswhere ?

Hi, sir. It is OK for you to stay in a budget hotel there, such as Home Inn Hotel, Jinjiang Inn Hotel and GreenTree Inn Hotel.

Hello ,Sir

There some budget hotels :

Han Court inn (Han ting lian suo jiu dain)
Green tree inn (ge lin hao tai jiu dian)

there some international youth hostel too , they are very cheap.

Maitian youth hostel Located right side of Hong shan You hao bai sheng
Baihualin youth hostel located Nanhu square
Baolu youth hostel lacated near the air port

ITS NOT TRUE. THERE IS PROBLEM IN CHINA. YOU CAN STAY ACCORDING TO YOUR BUDGET. EVERY KIND OF HOTEL AVAILABLE IN EVERY CITY OF CHINA. I AM COMING TO CHINA FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS AND TRAVELLED GUANGZHOU, WENZHOU, RUIAN, SHUNDE, XIAMEN, SHENZEN, URUMQI, FOSHAN ETC.

Hi ,
You can stay in the Hostel ,they accept foreigner . they are :

Maitian Youth hostel Add: You hao nan lu 726 hao
White poplar youth hostel Next to Nanhu square

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