Short trips peak during golden week

The country witnessed its first peak travel period for this month's "golden week" holiday in the past few days, with many travelers opting for short-distance trips this year.

"I flew back to Beijing three days before the vacation period ends because I plan to make short trips around the capital," Renee Wang, a 25-year-old employee of a Beijing-based advertising company, told China Daily yesterday.

Wang had just visited her parents and attended a friend's wedding in Shenzhen.