China sees booming holiday consumption driven by longer trips, culture craze
Updated: February 1, 2025 09:31Xinhua
Tourists visit a Spring Festival temple fair at Ditan Park in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 29, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]
Tourists select figurines of "Lord Rabbit" at Changdian temple fair to celebrate the Spring Festival in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 30, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]
People watch a lion dance performance in celebration of the Chinese New Year, or the Spring Festival, near the Ruins of St. Paul's in south China's Macao, Jan. 30, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]
Artists put on a performance in Hong Kong, south China, Jan. 29, 2025. Various events were held across China on Wednesday to celebrate the Chinese New Year, or the Spring Festival. [Photo/Xinhua]
A performance is staged at the Hetou ancient street scenic area in Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 26, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]
People visit a flower market in Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, Jan. 27, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]
A drone photo taken on Jan. 28, 2025 shows Zhang Qibin skiing at Jiangjunshan Ski Resort in Altay, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. As families gathered nationwide for Chinese New Year celebrations, Zhang Qibin, a girl from east China's Zhejiang Province, chose to join fellow skiing enthusiasts from across the country at the Jiangjunshan Ski Resort to celebrate the festival. This is the first time for Zhang to welcome the Chinese New Year in this unconventional way. Together with several fellow skiers she has just met at the resort, she tried to find the new charm of the festival via various ice and snow activities. In recent years, with the popularity and development of ice and snow sports in China, the skiing resorts are favored by more and more consumers during the Spring Festival holidays. [Photo/Xinhua]
