Buzzword|Staycation 宅度假
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A hotel employee sanitizes a room in Hohhot, the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, on Jan 13. [Photo/CHINA NEWS SERVICE via China Daily]

 


The past Spring Festival holiday has seen a rise in "staycations".


在刚刚过去的春节假期期间,“宅度假”的人数有所上升。

 

Lawrence Potter, an English teacher who works in Beijing and typically spends Spring Festival traveling abroad, opted for a staycation in a luxury hotel this year.


在北京工作的英语教师劳伦斯·波特通常会在春节期间出国旅游,而今年他选择了在一家豪华酒店“宅度假”。


According to travel company Ctrip, ticket sales for tourist attractions across the country were up by 300 percent in the Spring Festival holiday week, while bookings for luxury (4- and 5-star) accommodation made up 60 percent of all hotel reservations.


根据旅行服务公司——携程的数据,春节假期期间,全国各地旅游景点的门票销售增长了300%,而豪华(四星级和五星级)酒店的预订占了所有酒店预订的60%。

 

Data from the Ministry of Commerce also showed that combined sales by retail and catering enterprises during the period rose 28.7 percent year on year to 821 billion yuan ($127.5 billion).


商务部的数据还显示,零售和餐饮企业的总销售额同比增长28.7%,达到8210亿元(1275亿美元)。

 

Related expressions


"All-for-one" tourism  域旅游 (请戳往期链接)


recreational tourism   休闲旅游


domestic tourism 国内游


ice and snow tourism  冰雪旅游


Collected and edited by Lv Yun

Source: CGTN



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