Economy&Life | Spring Festival holiday fuels tourism boom in China

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)

BEIJING, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- More Chinese people nowadays choose to go on a journey during the Spring Festival to experience different cultures and lunar new year atmosphere.

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)

Tourists wearing costumes pose for photos at an art square in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Feb. 12, 2024. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)

Tourists watch sunrise on the Jingmai Mountain in Lancang Lahu Autonomous County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Feb. 14, 2024. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)

Visitors watch exhibits at the Qingzhou Museum in Qingzhou, east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 14, 2024. (Xinhua/Xu Suhui)

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)

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)

People watch black-headed gulls at a dam in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Feb. 15, 2024. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

Tourists visit the Fuzi (Confucius) Temple scenic area in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 14, 2024. (Photo by Su Yang/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)

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