Guangzhou tops bookings for homestays during Spring Festival holiday

This Spring Festival holiday, homestay bookings by Chinese tourists might have more than doubled from a year ago, according to industry projections.

Southern city Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, has topped other Chinese cities in terms of bookings for shared accommodation, according to data from San Francisco-based Airbnb, a firm that provides online bookings for such homestay services.

Against the backdrop of ongoing consumption upgrade, more Chinese people chose to spend the seven-day Chinese Lunar New Year holiday in warmer southern cities in China.