Travel boom expected in northern and southern China
16/1/2004 17:24
The northern and southern parts of China are expected to welcome a
travel boom in the upcoming Spring Festival holiday, according to the country's
No.1 tourism information forecast yesterday.
Since the second day of the
Chinese lunar New Year (January 23), all the restaurants and hotels in Beijing
reported booking rates of more than 50 percent for three days in a row.
To
date, hotels in Changchun and Harbin in the northeast of China, Sanya and Boao
in South China's Hainan Province and Yulong Snow Mountain of Yunnan Province all
registered an average of more than 60 percent in booking rates, especially from
the second day of the lunar New Year, when the rate hit more than 80 percent.
Wendy Zhang/ Shanghai Daily news
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