Packed restaurants, crowded scenic spots, and laughs of tourists unlocking new experiences have been seen every day during the eight-day Spring Festival holidays across China amid the tourism boom, especially in popular destinations such as Southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality, Shaxian county and Quanzhou city in East China’s Fujian Province.
China has dialed up a mobilization push for its regional economic powerhouses to play a central part in revving up the recovery of the world s second-largest economy, injecting optimism into the economic resilience despite a gloomy and increasingly uncertain outlook globally.
While the two cities of Chongqing and Chengdu, capital of Sichuan Province, share the same Bashu culture, differences in lifestyles, food, youth culture and urban renewal strategies have attracted visitors from around China and the world.