THE May Day “Golden Week” holiday just ended last week and was the first break when many people could carry out their travel plans since the COVID-19 outbreak. Beijing tops the list for the most sought-after destinations. Data compiled by Xinhua Finance and Chinese major online travel platform Trip.com, indicates that orders for this May Day holiday on Trip.com increased by about 270 percent year on year. Even compared with the same period of 2019, the growth rate was over 30 percent. The data takes various factors into consideration such as transportation, hotels, travel agency reservations and venue tickets. The top 10 popular tourist cities were Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Chengdu, Xi’an, Nanjing, Chongqing, Wuhan, and Changsha. The Summer Palace and the Great Wall in Beijing; the Fortifications of Xi’an; Chimelong Safari Park in Guangzhou all made the top listings of the hottest scenic spots. It is worth mentioning that this time, Shenzhen ranks outside the top 10. Some netizens joked that when it comes to tourist attractions, Shenzhen lacks luster in heritage sites. However, Shenzhen has a large number of cutting-edge urban infrastructures and monumental enterprises which provide an ideal platform for developing industrial tourism. (Xinhua) | 