Cold season heats up travel market

Travelers could have much more room to get good bargains next month

Holiday-goers in Beijing now have an abundant choice of bargains on the tourism market as travel expenses drop by more than half for the upcoming cold season.

Reduced domestic flight tickets to holiday destinations and their accommodation fees have pulled down overall prices for both March and April by up to 70 percent after the Chinese New Year break, one of the two travel peaks of the year.