Xiamen in Fujian province and Sanya in Hainan province attracting more tourists, thanks to their agreeable weather in winter and well-appointed shared lodges.
Multiple agricultural scenic spots remained opened throughout the Spring Festival travel season to draw both tourists and local residents during the holiday.
Xiamen University hosted a number of Chinese traditional folk activities during its first annual Our Festival -- Spring Festival event.
Xiamen Railway Group said last week that more than 3,100 workers at 90 construction sites continued to work throughout the Spring Festival holiday
Online home-sharing company Airbnb announced recently that Xiamen ranked second place on the list of most popular tourist destinations during the Spring Festival holiday.
CCTV News broadcast on February 6 video of a flash mob event on Gulangyu.
The Spring Festival is the most important festival for Chinese people around the world. As Chinese culture is gradually accepted by the rest of the world, the influence of the Spring Festival is also expanding. The U.S. state of California, for example, has made the Spring Festival an official local holiday.
The tourism revenue of Xiamen in East China's Fujian province surged 16.31 percent year on year during the seven-day Spring Festival holiday, amounting to 3.4 billion yuan ($478 million), local media reported on Feb 11.
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