As the Chinese New Year approaches, the China-Laos Railway is seeing an increasing number of international travelers eager to experience traditional Spring Festival customs. Data from the Mohan Exit-Entry Border Inspection Station shows that since the start of the Spring Festival travel rush period on February 2, the railway checkpoint has processed more than 1,300 foreigners, a year-on-year increase of more than 30 percent.

(Huang Yuanfei, Wei Hailin and Lei Yu contribute to the story.)