2 . Guangdong saw a total of 63.862 million tourist trips made during the eight day “golden week”, up 44.7 percent from the same period last year and up 1.6 percent from 2019, according to the Department of Culture and Tourism of Guangdong Province. The tourism market produced 57.16 billion RMB in income, representing a year-on-year (同比) increase of 148.7 percent.

The holiday kindled a boom (激增) in Guangdong’s cities, For instance, Guangzhou received nearly 17.59 million visits, skyrocketing 105 percent compared with the same period last year, Income from tourism was over 13.1 billion RMB, an increase of 112%compared with 2022.

The province’s scenic spots above 4A level received 21.368 million visits, an increase of 53.1 percent from last year. The 15 key scenic spots in Guangzhou received over 2.46 million visitors, and Chime long Tour it Resort, Baomo Garden, Guangzhou Zoo and other theme parks were remarkably popular.

Obvious, with the traffic-related optimize (优化) in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) these scenic spot in Guangdong became the pre feed choice of many travelers from the GBA.

Dung the eight-day holiday, various leisure activities were held across Guangdong. The China International Comics Festival Expo took place in Guangzhou, attracting more than 162,000 visitors, the Chimelong Hengqig International Circus City in Zhuhai was offically set up, and the 16th “Wong Fei-hung” Cup Lion King Championship and Water Lion Challenge in Foshan showed performing styles of 20 teams from home and abroad.

Furthermore, 75 key cultural spots in Guangdong saw 2.555 million visits over the break, an increase of 10.4 percent year-on-year, and released 278 cultural events. Guangzhou held more than 80 concerts and organized 45 domestic and foreign performances, including ballets, Cantonese operas, dramas and concerts.

Meanwhile, the province’s vii ages greeted their holiday tourism spree. The 100 rural tourist spots and historical villages hosted 2.584 million visitors, a year-on-year increase of 26.2 percent. For example, Zhu dong Village in Guangzhou organized a hot air balloon carnival, and Rao ping County, Chaozhou City, held a Chinese Lantern Riddle Culture Festival, with the participation of 50 teams of lantern riddles from home and abroad.

This year, China’s travel demand saw a strong increase during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday.

For Zhang Baohua, who lives in Changji, it is a 90-minute drive to the Xinjiang Silk Road ski resort,     1     he has become well-known to all of the resort staff and his fellow skiers.

Zhang took up skiing after he     2     (buy) a new set of equipment by his son. Since then, skiing     3     (become) the favorite outing for him and his family at weekends.

They are among the majority     4     (begin) to spend more of their spare time     5     winter sports in the northwestern region. Xinjiang, which has areas of both ice and snow, has stepped into the fast lane in terms of developing     6     (it) winter sports.

To satisfy China’s     7     (ambitious) to encourage 300 million people in the country to participate in winter sports ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, the Xinjiang Sports Administration has taken measures to provide a     8     (good) environment for people in the region to get     9     (involve) in winter sports. During the 2017 Spring Festival, tourist visits to the Silk Road Resort reached 42,000—a year—on—year increase of 30 percent.

Xinjiang has also been making efforts in winter sports infrastructure construction and planning to host     10     winter sports meeting for teenagers, called Stars of the Future, in order to stimulate young people’s interest in winter sports.

Having lived in Beijing for nearly four years now. I had frequently heard of people taking “weekend trips” to Tianjin.     1    , as more famous cities and destinations in China, such as Suzhou, or Xi’an, were on the top of my list, I often disregarded Tianjin     2     a place I would see someday if I had the time. Little did I know that I was preventing     3     (I) from experiencing one of China’s most charming cities.

One must understand its history to truly understand     4     makes Tianjin so unique. Tianjin has served as a vital trade port in China for centuries. Many western buildings and neighborhoods     5     (construct) to house the armies and delegates of the European Eight-Nation Alliance.

The city is also     6     (extreme) convenient explore,     7     benefited me on my visit as I was only able to stay a day, and wanted to make     8     most of it. I started my day at the Ancient Cultural Street.     9     (build) in 1986, the street is a beautiful replica (复制品) of classical Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)architecture.

So don’t make the same mistake I did by     10     (put) off a trip to this incredible city. Tianjin is a true treasure of China and I cannot wait to return.

10 . Many of us develop a desire to travel. ________, few are lucky enough to turn that desire into a ________ career. For Trish Sare, owner of Vancouver-based Bike Hike Adventures Inc., it was a ________ story.

“I left home when I was 20 with a ________ of traveling the world for five years,” recalls Sare. “During that period, I spent a lot of time meeting adventure companies abroad and taking part in some of their adventures. Upon returning, I studied ________ and fitness leadership. Then, when we had to do our field placement (实习), I ________ a tour agency. When they heard about my experience, they asked if I wanted to go to Costa Rica for my placement and ________ as a tour leader. And that is where it all began.”

That beginning marked the accomplishment of a ________ dream for Sare. Today, she can ________ those exciting memories from such places as Thailand, Nepal, Costa Rica and more. Although Sare followed her dream of traveling for many years, she began ________ something that offered just a little bit more. So, in 2014, she took the big ________ of starting her own company: Bike Hike Adventures Inc.

Her career has ________ her all over the world to interact with people of so many different cultures and backgrounds. Looking back, Sare can ________ say that it’s been the right choice for her. Here’s her ________ for those wanting a similar path: “Do some traveling ________ your own first and then you’ll be marketable to companies,” she concludes.