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April 8, 2025
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Why China's Tomb-sweeping Day saw another travel boom on Sunday.

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Why China's Tomb-sweeping Day saw another travel boom on Sunday.


This year, qingming (cny) is the first holiday of the year, so there is no need for the dreaded compensatory working day in china.


According to the ministry of culture and tourism, travelers can travel and enjoy the spring weather before it gets too hot in some regions come labour day in may.


During the qingming period, the national immigration administration released statistics indicating that there were 6.21 million people entering and/or exiting china during the qingming period, up 19.7% yoy.


Many people were too many people at any given tourist destination on chinese social media, with others saying, "it feels like there are 100 million people at the site." on weibo, china's twitter equivalent, 697,000 (up 39.5% yoy).


After a successful cny holiday this "tomb-sweeping day" in harbin, known for its snow and ice, remains safe.


(a hieroglyphic representation of the sight being overwhelmed by people, lit "peoplex5 sight peoplex5").


The cherry blossom season and south korea, particularly the visa-free jeju island, were likely because it went viral in the previous two winters.


Generations, however, prefer to go to japan for the cherry blossom season and south korea, particularly the visa-free jeju island, likely because of the newest influx.


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