China sees booming holiday consumption driven by longer trips, culture craze-Xinhua

China sees booming holiday consumption driven by longer trips, culture craze

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2025-02-01 08:44:56

 

Tourists visit a Spring Festival temple fair at Ditan Park in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 29, 2025. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

Tourists visit a Spring Festival temple fair at Ditan Park in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 29, 2025. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

Tourists buy souvenirs at the Anhui Museum in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, Jan. 29, 2025. Celebrating the Spring Festival in museums has become a new trend across the country. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)

Tourists visit a Spring Festival-themed exhibition at the China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 29, 2025. Celebrating the Spring Festival in museums has become a new trend across the country. (Xinhua/Li He)

A drone photo shows tourists visiting a tourism street in Leling County, east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 29, 2025. Various events were held across China on Wednesday to celebrate the Spring Festival. (Photo by Jia Peng/Xinhua)

Tourists select creative cultural products in Wuxing District of Huzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 29, 2025. People enjoy various activities to celebrate the Chinese New Year which falls on Jan. 29 this year. (Photo by Zhang Ying/Xinhua)

An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 29, 2025 shows people visiting the Fenghuang ancient town in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, central China's Hunan Province. People enjoy various activities to celebrate the Chinese New Year which falls on Jan. 29 this year. (Photo by Zhou Xiuyuchun/Xinhua)

Tourists select figurines of "Lord Rabbit" at Changdian temple fair to celebrate the Spring Festival in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 30, 2025. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

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. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)

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. (Xinhua/Chen Duo)

Tourists visit the Moshikou Historical and Cultural Block in Shijingshan District, Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 28, 2025. (Xinhua/Hu Jingwen)

A performance is staged at the Hetou ancient street scenic area in Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 26, 2025. (Photo by Liu Mancang/Xinhua)

People visit a flower market in Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, Jan. 27, 2025. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)

Residents buy Spring Festival decorations at a fair in Xingtai, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 27, 2025. (Xinhua/Wang Xiao)

This aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 23, 2025 shows visitors playing at the Harbin Ice-Snow World in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

People take photos at the Harbin Ice-Snow World in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 23, 2025. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

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. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

Zhang Qibin (L, front) poses for a group photo with fellow skiers at Jiangjunshan Ski Resort in Altay, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 28, 2025. 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. (Xinhua/Chen Shuo)