Greeting the New Year With Travel

Deng talks about domestic and global tourism. The China Tourism Academy (CTA) forecasts that China's tourism market--which is already booming-would continue to thrive during the festival, with 76.8% of survey respondents showing a strong willingness to take a trip, much higher than the 36.5% of the previous Spring Festival holiday. The number of domestic and outbound trips is expected to reach 211 million during this holiday, a 20% increase year on year, according to the CTA. When Chinese people were first exposed to outbound travel, they were easily satisfied with European tour packages, which encompassed a dozen countries, said Zou Xiang, a tour guide from Beijing UTour International Travel Service Co. Ltd.