Foreign ports lure travelers in search of new experiences

BEIJING / SHENYANG - China's week-long Spring Festival holiday, which ended on Saturday, brought the annual travel boom, with outbound trips a new favorite.

The National Holiday Tourism Office said on Saturday that more than 140,000 people left Shanghai to go abroad, up 20 percent year-on-year.

In Suzhou, Jiangsu province, 6,690 people went overseas, up 36 percent, the agency said.