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China sees surge in tour bookings for upcoming Spring Festival
Bookings for trips during the upcoming Chinese New Year holiday, also known as the Spring Festival holiday, continue to soar on online travel platforms. Statistics from e-commerce service platforms Meituan and Dazhong Dianping indicated that tour orders booked half a month in advance for the holiday increased about five times year on year, with Beijing, Shanghai, Sanya, Harbin, Chongqing, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Xi'an, Xishuangbanna, and Beihai becoming popular tourist destinations. Tourists play at an ice-and-snow carnival held at a scenic area in north China's Shanxi Province. (Photo courtesy of the interviewee) Data from online travel agency LY.com revealed that searches for flights from Feb. 8 to 17 rose nearly two times year on year. In particular, the search volume for outbound flight tickets increased about seven times from the same period last year, surpassing the 2019 level. The search volume for "where to go for the Spring Festival" surged 350 percent in the past week on Chinese travel service and social networking platform Mafengwo. Traditional Spring Festival customs like lantern shows, temple fairs, and markets have long been main themes for Spring Festival tourism. Alibaba's travel platform Fliggy showed that cultural tours, folk custom tours and theme park tours are popular… -
China’s Altay sees booming tourism
Tourists ride horses in Habahe County of Altay, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on June 4, 2024. According to the statistics of local authorities, Altay received 4.15 million tourist trips in May, which generated 3.65 billion yuan (about 504 million U.S. dollars) in tourism revenue, up 60.81 percent and 88.25 percent year-on-year respectively. ( tasteallchina /Gou Lifeng) This photo taken on June 4, 2024 shows the scenery of Habahe County in Altay, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. According to the statistics of local authorities, Altay received 4.15 million tourist trips in May, which generated 3.65 billion yuan (about 504 million U.S. dollars) in tourism revenue, up 60.81 percent and 88.25 percent year-on-year respectively. ( tasteallchina /Zhang Yu) This photo taken on June 4, 2024 shows the scenery of a scenic spot in Habahe County of Altay, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. According to the statistics of local authorities, Altay received 4.15 million tourist trips in May, which generated 3.65 billion yuan (about 504 million U.S. dollars) in tourism revenue, up 60.81 percent and 88.25 percent year-on-year respectively. ( tasteallchina /Aman) This photo taken on June 4, 2024 shows the scenery of Habahe County in Altay, northwest China's… -
Foreign tourists enter China’s Hainan visa-free
An inbound passenger goes through border control at Sanya Phoenix International Airport in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, May 1, 2024. According to statistics, more than 940,000 foreign tourists have entered China's southern island province of Hainan visa-free since May 1, 2018. (Photo by Meng Xushun/ tasteallchina ) Inbound passengers go through border control at Sanya Phoenix International Airport in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, May 1, 2024. According to statistics, more than 940,000 foreign tourists have entered China's southern island province of Hainan visa-free since May 1, 2018. (Photo by Meng Xushun/ tasteallchina ) Inbound passengers go through border control at Meilan International Airport in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, May 1, 2024. According to statistics, more than 940,000 foreign tourists have entered China's southern island province of Hainan visa-free since May 1, 2018. (Photo by Zhu Chenpeng/ tasteallchina ) Inbound passengers go through border control at Meilan International Airport in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, May 1, 2024. According to statistics, more than 940,000 foreign tourists have entered China's southern island province of Hainan visa-free since May 1, 2018. (Photo by Zhu Chenpeng/ tasteallchina ) -
Winter Naadam stimulates consumption in Hulun Buir
A scenic spot featuring ice sculptures in Hailar district, Hulun Buir city, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has attracted crowds of tourists in recent days. According to statistics, a total of 61 A-class scenic spots, star-rated village (pastoral areas) homestays, and key rural tourism villages in Hulun Buir have opened to tourists this winter, up 52.5 percent year on year, with some of them operating in winter for the first time. Visitors attend the opening ceremony of the 20th Ice and Snow Naadam Fair in Hulun Buir city, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on Dec. 17, 2023. ( tasteallchina /Wang Kaiyan) The city is using the 20th Ice and Snow Naadam Fair of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, which kicked off in the city on Dec. 17, 2023, as an opportunity to develop new forms of winter tourism, with tourism playing a significant role in driving consumption, said Yang Hong, deputy director of the Hulun Buir municipal bureau of culture, tourism, radio and television. The Naadam venue was full of joyous scenes as a series of activities including horse racing, intangible cultural heritage exhibitions, and hotpot tasting drew a constant stream of tourists. On the day, over 10,000…
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