People enjoy spring scenery across China.

People enjoy blossoms at the Beihai Park in Beijing.

​As China seeks to boost domestic consumption while enhancing public well-being, holiday arrangements and paid leave policies emerged as discussion points during the just-concluded annual sessions of the national legislature and the top political advisory body, where measures were proposed to grant citizens greater flexibility in scheduling holidays and utilizing paid leave.

The total number of inter-regional passenger trips across China during the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, which concluded on Friday, is estimated to reach a record 9.4 billion, according to data from the Ministry of Transport.

Drone photo show cherry blossoms in Gui'an New Area, southwest China's Guizhou Province.

Tourists enjoy themselves at a scenic area in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province.

Tourists view cherry blossoms at a scenic area in Jinhua city, Zhejiang province.

Flowers bloom in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi province, as temperature rises in China.

People enjoy leisure time among blooming flowers seen cross China.

Drone photos show people visiting a rapeseed flower field in Xiucai Village, Shizhu Tujia Autonomous County, southwest China's Chongqing, March 7, 2026.

​Domestic travel in China hit record highs both in 2025 and during the 2026 Spring Festival holiday, Minister of Culture and Tourism Sun Yeli said on Saturday.

China recorded over 150 million inbound visits in 2025, marking a year-on-year increase of over 17 percent, and the spending of inbound travelers surpassed 130 billion U.S. dollars, Minister of Culture and Tourism Sun Yeli said on Saturday.

Beijing, capital of China, witnessed a spring snowfall from Wednesday to Thursday.

Various activities were held during this year's Lantern Festival celebrations at Yuyuan Garden of east China's Shanghai, drawing large numbers of tourists.

This year's Lantern Festival, which falls on the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, coincided with a total lunar eclipse.

China's Yangtze River Delta -- a major economic engine in the east of the country -- plans to open five new high-speed railway sections within the year. The move comes amid expectations that the region's 2026 rail investment will exceed 130 billion yuan (about 18.82 billion U.S. dollars).

A report on China's ski industry has revealed a 12.9 percent increase in visits to ski facilities across the country, climbing to 26.05 million during the 2024-2025 winter season. Four provinces south of China's north-south geographic divide -- Zhejiang, Hubei, Guangdong and Sichuan -- ranked among the top 10 provincial-level regions nationwide in ski visits.

In Fujian, tea gardens and mountainous areas adorned with cherry blossoms have surged in popularity as tourist destinations in early spring.

In warmer parts of China where heavy snowfall is rare, ski resorts are drawing growing crowds, fueled by advances in snowmaking technology, the rapid growth of indoor ski resorts and rising enthusiasm for winter sports among southern Chinese holidaymakers.

According to Haikou General Station of Immigration Inspection, Hainan border inspection authorities handled over 86,000 entries and exits during this Spring Festival holiday as of Feb. 23, an increase of 43.3 percent compared to the last year.