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Extended reach of short trips
China Daily | 14:05, February 23, 2021
Visitors clad in anime costume pose in front of a school of stingrays at Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park during the 2021 Spring Festival holiday. [Photo provided to China Daily]
Visiting local attractions surged during this Spring Festival holiday as many people stayed in their cities of residence following guidelines to reduce COVID-19 risk, Yang Feiyue reports.
Many Chinese shortened the distances of their travels during Spring Festival this year.
Among more than 57,000 respondents who work for 480 enterprises, 75 percent of migrant workers chose to stay in their current cities of residence, according to a China Association for Labor Studies survey.
The trend means more people took short-distance trips.
Bookings at local scenic spots by people who stayed put more than tripled compared with the holiday in 2019, China's major travel agency Trip.com Group reports.
Attractions in Shanghai, Beijing and Jiangsu province's Suzhou topped the bookings.
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