Travel and leisure has become a new custom for Chinese people celebrating the New Year. Today is the fourth day of the Spring Festival holiday, and tourist numbers continue to grow. Activities include short-distance visits to friends and relatives, short-and medium-trips, temple fairs, parental tours and urban leisure.

The China National Tourism Administration has estimated 73 million tourists were received nationwide on Sunday. This was an increase of 15.3 percent over the previous year. It resulted in revenue of over 94 billion RMB yuan, an increase of 16.6 percent. 287 million tourists have been received nationwide in the first four days of the Spring Festival. Sichuan, Guangdong, Hunan, Jiangsu, Henan, Anhui, Shandong, Hubei, Guangxi and Shaanxi provinces and autonomous region rank top, accounting for nearly 64 percent of the total.