China just wrapped up its festivities with a bang! 🎆 On Saturday, people across the country celebrated the Lantern Festival, marking the end of the annual Spring Festival. This isn't just any festival—it’s a vibrant celebration on the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar, and it's lit! 🔥
From stunning lantern shows to traditional dragon dances 🐉 and lantern riddle games, the streets were alive with culture and excitement. Lantern shows across China attracted massive crowds, ready to soak up the last moments of the Year of the Dragon's Spring Festival.
Travel portal LY.com reported that searches related to the \"Lantern Festival\" tripled! 🚀 Short-distance cross-city tours became the go-to move for many festival-goers, showing a trend toward quick getaways and spontaneous adventures.
Shanghai's famous Yuyuan Garden Lantern Show was a hotspot, with over 60% of visitors coming from other cities. Talk about a travel surge! 🌆
Tourism was on fire 🔥 during the Chinese New Year holidays. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism shared that a whopping 474 million trips were made across China over the eight-day holiday—a 34.3% increase from last year. And get this: domestic tourism spending hit 632.69 billion yuan (that's about $87.93 billion USD), up 47.3% year on year. Cha-ching! 💰
From jam-packed transportation hubs to bustling online sales and entertainment venues, the holiday season shattered multiple records. It's clear that China knows how to throw a party and keep the economy buzzing! 🎉
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Booming consumption during Spring Festival off to a roaring start
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