During the Spring Festival travel season, civil aviation, railway, and other departments have increased transportation capacity and optimized convenient services such as air-rail intermodal transport, quiet carriages, luggage delivery, and priority channels for vulnerable groups, taking multiple measures to ensure passengers' safe and smooth travel.

As China kicked off the Spring Festival travel rush on Feb. 2 this year, the world's largest annual human migration is expected to generate a record 9.5 billion inter-regional passenger trips during the 40-day period running from Feb. 2 to March 13.

The Macao Government Tourism Office kicked off the "2026 Chinese New Year Activities" on Tuesday, the first day of the Year of the Horse, with a parade of a golden dragon, to extend auspicious wishes to residents and visitors.

Temple fairs opened in Beijing celebrating the Spring Festival and presenting visitors with traditional dances, lion dances and delicious food.

This year's Spring Festival saw a surge of visitors eager to experience local cuisine, rich history and vibrant folk performances.

​Over 285 million inter-regional passenger trips are predicted across China on Sunday, the first day of this year's nine-day Spring Festival holiday.

​Hong Kong's tourist sites and commercial complexes were abuzz with excitement as tourists poured in on Sunday, the first day of the nine-day Spring Festival holiday on the Chinese mainland.

As the 2026 Chinese New Year, the Year of the Horse, approaches, China's outbound tourism market is poised for a boom driven by an unusually long holiday and growing demand for cross-border travel, while the Asia-Pacific region, from Southeast Asian hubs like Thailand and Cambodia to Australia's sun-soaked shores, stands to reap huge rewards.

The longest Spring Festival holiday in recent years — lasting nine days starting Sunday — has ignited people's passion for travel, with both domestic destinations and overseas locations attracting significant interest.

China has unveiled a series of measures aimed at attracting international visitors during the upcoming Chinese New Year holiday, officials said Wednesday.

Tourists enjoyed the scenery of the Huangshan Mountain scenic area at sunrise after snow in east China's Anhui Province.

Nearly 200 kilometers from Harbin, the capital city of Heilongjiang, Yabuli Ski Resort enjoys up to 170 days of snow a year.

A "village gala" was held at the court of the "Village Basketball Association (Village BA)" in Taijiang county Tuesday night, which featured various folk performances staged by local villagers.

The total number of inter-regional passenger trips across China during the upcoming 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, known as chunyun, is expected to reach a record high of 9.5 billion, according to a press conference held on Thursday.

​China's border inspection agencies handled 697 million inbound and outbound crossings in 2025, marking a 14.2 percent year-on-year increase and a record high, official data showed.

​Hainan's tourism industry has significantly raised its international profile during the last five years, contributing 33.4 percent to the province's GDP, according to the annual session of the Hainan Provincial People's Congress.

A Beijing-Hebei-Tianjin rail loop line was launched on Monday, in an effort to facilitate the commuting of passengers in the region.

The Yuyuan Garden Lantern Festival, which opened on Monday, is a key cultural highlight in Shanghai during the Spring Festival celebration.

​Chinese residents took 6.52 billion domestic trips in 2025, a year-on-year increase of 16.2 percent, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism said on Monday.

​The Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) of China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) said on Friday that visitor arrivals to the SAR rose by 14.7 percent year-on-year in 2025.