 China's well-known travel website ctrip.com released on February 20 lists of the top-10 most popular domestic tourist destination cities during the Spring Festival Golden Week holiday in the Chinese Lunar Year of the Tiger. It becomes more and more popular for urban citizens whose interests in travel have been on the noticeable increase to take a tour to spend the Spring Festival Golden Week holiday in 2010.
The top-10 most popular domestic tourist destination cities are Beijing, Hong Kong, Sanya, Xiamen, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Hangzhou and Nanjing. In terms of the number of arrivals, Xiamen and Sanya saw the highest growth. There was also a considerable increase in the number of tourists arriving in Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Chengdu. Travel experts at ctrip.com produced the most popular domestic tourist destination cities rankings after conducting comprehensive research and analyzing reservations of hotels, air tickets and travel and vacation packages in major cities and tourist destinations for this year's Spring Festival Golden Week holiday, as well as webpage views and searches. They believe that the 10 most popular tourist destination cities are generally characterized as having beautiful natural landscapes, rich cultural resources, easy-to-shop areas, and travel facilities. Source: Global Times (February 24 2010) |
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