For many, time to get away from home

Tourism reaching 'fever pitch' for 7-day Lunar New Year holiday, agency says

Travel is a buzzword for the Lunar New Year holiday, or Spring Festival, and Chinese travelers are zealous about spending the time at tourist attractions rather than staying home, travel agencies said.

More than 400 million trips are expected to made by mainland tourists during the coming seven-day break, including an estimated 7 million trips to outbound destinations, according to Ctrip, an online travel agency headquartered in Shanghai.