Going on a vacation might seem like a rather unconventional way to try to improve your sleep habits,     1    sleep tourism has been growing in popularity in recent years. An increasing number of sleep-focused    2     (stay) are popping up in hotels and resorts (度假胜地) across the world.

In fact, interest    3     (increase) since the pandemic, with a number of hotels focusing their attention on those    4     (suffer) from sleep disorders. Over the past 12 months, Park Hyatt New York has opened the Bryte Restorative Sleep House, an 800-square-foot suite (套房) filled with sleep-enhancing facilities,     5    are designed to “promote rest”.

The global pandemic appears     6     (play) a huge part in this. A study published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine found that 40% of the over 2,500 adults who took part    7     (report) a reduction in their sleep quality since the start of the pandemic.

But can short term sleep-focused travel experiences actually have a long term impact on a person’s overall sleep? According to Dr. Robbins,     8     sleep researcher and co-author of the book Sleep for Success, travel experiences centered around “healthy sleep strategies” that aim to help guests to improve their sleep    9     (be) hugely beneficial.

“The concept of travel actually allowing you to return home     10     (refresh) is a really exciting proposition,” she adds.

For those looking to escape the concrete jungle, maybe it’s time to dive into the bamboo forests of southern Sichuan.

A natural forest that people in Sichuan province tend     1    (visit) is the Southern Sichuan Bamboo Sea in Yibin. The 120-square-kilometer Bamboo Sea is the     2     (large) bamboo park in China and its average temperature seldom drops below zero degrees Celsius in winter     3     many parts of the country are covered with snow and ice.

Known as one of the country’s 10 most beautiful forests, it     4    (be) a popular tourist attraction since the Oscar-winning Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon     5    (shoot) there in 2001.

Two years later, the bamboo forest received world-wide     6    (recognize) as a bamboo reserve in December 2003,     7    (become) the fourth tourism destination in China to be granted Green Globe 21 certification.

The Bamboo Sea covers Changning and Jiang’an, two counties     8     (manage) by Yibin. Amazed at its vast expanse, Huang Tingjian,     9     poet from the Song Dynasty, described it as “bamboo waves”. As Huang was an     10    (influence) man of letters, his description gave rise to the forest’s popular nickname — the Bamboo Sea.

A skywell, or “tian jing” in Mandarin, is a typical feature of a traditional home in southern and eastern China. Less     1    (expose) to the outdoor environment makes a skywell different from a northern Chinese courtyard. Skywells are    2     common residents in large areas of southern and eastern China had in the past.

In today’s rapidly urbanising China, fewer and fewer people live in skywell dwellings,     3     a revival(重新流行) of interest in traditional Chinese architecture is leading some of historic buildings with skywells     4     (restore) for modern times. Meanwhile, some architects are drawing inspiration from skywells to help keep new buildings cooler, which is a method     5     (combine) design and technology to cool a building without the use of power.

However, there are some challenges for bringing skywells into modern designs. The effect that the mechanisms(结构) of courtyards have     6     natural lighting, ventilation(通风) and rain collection is well known , but applying these principles     7     (need) to be site-specific. Because traditional skywells had different shapes, sizes and features,     8     were highly dependent on their natural surroundings. Adding skywells into modern buildings requires designers to be     9    (sense) to their project’s context and situation, making it difficult to apply them as     10    universal solution.

6 . Planning a visit to the UK? Here we help with ways to cut your costs.

AVOID BIG EVENTS Big sporting events, concerts and exhibitions can increase the cost of accommodation (膳宿) and make it harder to find a room. A standard double room at the Thistle Brighton on the final Friday of the Brighton Comedy Festival (19 Oct.) cost £169.15 at Booking.com. A week later, the same room cost £118.15.

If you can be flexible and want to know dates to avoid or you’re looking for a big event to pass your time—checkoutsitessuchasWhatsonwhen.com, which allow you to search for events in the UK by city, date and category.

STAY AWAY FROM THE STATION If traveling to your destination by train, you may want to find a good base close to the station, but you could end up paying more for the sake of convenience at the start of your holiday.

Don’t be too choosy about the part of town you stay in. If you book two months in advance, the cheapest room at Travelodge’s Central Euston hotel in London for Saturday, September 22 was £95.95. A room just a tube journey away at its Covent Garden hotel was £75.75. And at Farringdon, a double room cost just £62.95.

GET ON A BIKE London’s “Boris bikes” have attracted the most attention, but other cities also have similar programmes that let you rent a bicycle and explore at your own pace, saving you on public transport or car parking costs.

Among the smaller cities with their own programmes are Newcastle (casual members pay around £1.50 for two hours) and Cardiff (free for up to 30 minutes, or £5 per day).