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China Focus: Longer Spring Festival Holiday Sparks Travel Frenzy Among Chinese
February 18, 2024An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 14, 2024 shows tourists watching a folk art parade in Chongchuan District of Nantong City, east China's Jiangsu Province. More Chinese people nowadays choose to go on a journey during the Spring Festival to experience different cultures and lunar new year atmosphere. [Photo by Xu Congjun/Xinhua] |
BEIJING, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) — For the Chinese people, the eternal theme of the Spring Festival, or Chinese New Year, remains family reunion, yet an increasing number of Chinese are choosing to integrate travel into their holiday traditions.
The change was seen this year as the Spring Festival holiday spanned eight days — possibly nine with a flexible one-day paid leave — surpassing the usual one-week holiday in previous years.
According to data released Saturday by Chinese travel website Mafengwo, Monday and Tuesday saw peak travel activity.
"We made a random decision to drive to the historic city of Datong (in northern China) on Monday but were surprised to see a large number of tourists. Local hotel chains are almost always full, and restaurants almost always have a waiting line," said a tourist surnamed Li.
New Trends in Domestic Tourism
According to Mafengwo, family travel accounted for 45 percent of all trips during the holiday, reflecting a trend that young people return home for family reunions before embarking on trips with their families, taking advantage of the extended holiday period.
Beijing, Xi'an and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area were among the most popular tourist destinations, said Mafengwo, adding that visiting museums, grottoes, temples and other historical and cultural places was another highlight of this year's Spring Festival travel after temple fairs and folk activities.
A report by travel portal Tuniu.com showed an emerging trend for cross-regional travel between the northern and southern parts of the country during the holiday.
Harbin, capital of northeastern Heilongjiang Province, maintained its growing popularity among people from the South who are eager to explore an ice-and-snow world, while tropical cities such as Sanya, Xishuangbanna, and Beihai remained favored destinations for northlanders seeking winter getaways.
Surging Outbound Tourism
Data from multiple online travel platforms showed that on the first day of the eight-day holiday, outbound travel bookings already surpassed the 2019 figure, with Southeast Asian countries, particularly those with visa-free policies for Chinese nationals, emerging as red-hot destinations.
From Feb. 10 to 13, bookings for hotels in Bangkok tripled year on year, while reservations for Singaporean hotels reported a stunning growth of 800 percent, according to the travel platform LY.com.
Several European destinations have introduced unique strategies to attract Chinese tourists. A Michelin-starred restaurant in downtown London has launched a menu specially designed for the Year of the Loong (Dragon), while a railway for the well-known scenic spot Jungfrau in Switzerland has been decorated with Chinese elements to greet Chinese tourists between Feb. 8 and 20.
With a substantial rise in outbound tourism, this holiday is projected to see a daily port clearance of 1.8 million people nationwide, more than triple that of the previous year and nearly reaching the level of 2019, according to the National Immigration Administration.
According to a market forecast by Ctrip, a leading travel platform in China, the eight-day holiday would mark the country's first travel rush of the year, with a notable increase in international travel being one of the highlights.
"Destinations in Southeast Asia have continued to gain traction as many in China opted for the region for an escape from the winter season," said Gao Tao, from Tuniu. "The tourism industry has gone through a rough patch in the past three years due to the pandemic. But it is now poised for a growth spurt, particularly in outbound tourism."
In 2023, China saw its outbound passenger trips exceed 87 million, and this figure is projected to reach 130 million in 2024, according to a paper published by the China Tourism Academy.
Upward Momentum
Experts believe that the revved-up Spring Festival tourism consumption heralds an upward momentum in the tourism sector in 2024.
In a recent report, the China Tourism Academy estimated that over 6 billion domestic trips will be made in 2024, and the total number of inbound and outbound travelers is expected to exceed 260 million.
"With the recovery of the economy, the resumption of international flights and the relaxation of visa policies, it is expected that the scale of domestic tourism consumption will continue to grow in 2024, and the scale of outbound tourism will be comprehensively advanced," said Qi Chunguang, vice president of Tuniu.
Tourists in costumes pose for photos at Fenghuang ancient town in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, central China's Hunan Province, Feb. 14, 2024. [Photo by Guo Liliang/Xinhua] |
Tourists visit the Pingjiang Road by boat in Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 15, 2024. [Photo by Hang Xingwei/Xinhua] |
Tourists visit the Fuzi (Confucius) Temple scenic area in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 14, 2024. [Photo by Su Yang/Xinhua] |
Tourists enjoy the frozen waterfall scenery at the Tianhe Mountain scenic spot in Xingtai, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 14, 2024. [Photo by Chen Lei/Xinhua] |
Tourists get off a passenger ship at the Lianyungang Port in Lianyungang City, east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 15, 2024. [Photo by Wang Chun/Xinhua] |
Tourists watch a parade at Xijiang Qianhu Miao Village in Leishan County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 13, 2024. [Photo by Wu Jibin/Xinhua] |
Tourists visit the Mingsha Mountain and Crescent Spring scenic spot in Dunhuang, northwest China's Gansu Province, Feb. 15, 2024. [Photo by Zhang Xiaoliang/Xinhua] |
An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 14, 2024 shows tourists watching a single bamboo drifting performance staged on the water surface in Wujiangzhai scenic spot in Zunyi, southwest China's Guizhou Province. [Photo by Wang Yang/Xinhua] |
Tourists watch a dragon dance performance at the Zhengding ancient city in Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 15, 2024. [Photo by Chen Qibao/Xinhua] |
An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 14, 2024 shows tourists visiting a scenic area in Huimin County of Binzhou City, east China's Shandong Province. [Photo by Chu Baorui/Xinhua] |
Tourists enjoy their time at the Ice and Snow World in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Feb. 14, 2024. [Xinhua/Wang Jianwei] |
Tourists wearing costumes pose for photos at an art square in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Feb. 12, 2024. [Xinhua/Wang Jianwei] |
Visitors watch an exhibit at the Qingzhou Museum in Qingzhou, east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 14, 2024. [Xinhua/Xu Suhui] |
Visitors watch exhibits at the Qingzhou Museum in Qingzhou, east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 14, 2024. [Xinhua/Xu Suhui] |
People walk on the city wall in Yanchi County, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Feb. 13, 2024. [Xinhua/Feng Kaihua] |
Tourists enjoy their time at Xiaoyaojin park in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, Feb. 14, 2024. [Xinhua/Zhou Mu] |
People watch black-headed gulls at a dam in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Feb. 15, 2024. [Xinhua/Hu Chao] |
Tourists visit an ancient street in Chongqing, southwest China, Feb. 14, 2024. [Xinhua/Wang Quanchao] |
Tourists enjoy leisure time at Qianmei Village, Shantou City of south China's Guangdong Province, Feb. 15, 2024.[Xinhua/Lu Hanxin] |
Tourists watch sunrise on the Jingmai Mountain in Lancang Lahu Autonomous County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Feb. 14, 2024. [Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao] |
Tourists visit a scenic area in Linxia City, Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture of northwest China's Gansu Province, Feb. 14, 2024. [Photo by Shi Youdong/Xinhua] |
Tourists wearing Hanfu, a style of clothing traditionally worn by the Han people, enjoy themselves at night in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Feb. 13, 2024. [Xinhua/Li Yibo] |
Tourists experience bamboo pole dance at Maona Village, Wuzhishan City of south China's Hainan Province, Feb. 14, 2024. [Xinhua/Guo Cheng] |
(Source: Xinhua)
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