Countdown to the new year

Unique offerings, dream destinations are top choices for Chinese consumers this year

As the bell strikes the last minute of this year, people from all over the world will usher in the new year in a multitude of ways with a core emphasis on sending cherished wishes to near and dear ones.

Chen Lu, a 54-year-old from Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong province, is planning to usher in 2019 with his family at the Harbin Ice and Snow World, an ice and snow tourist and cultural theme park in northeast China's Heilongjiang province.