holiday

blog.chinatravel.net — A Man on the Street series of interviews with your average Wang about his/her holiday plan yielded some predictable results, like the urge to go home and see family, and some rather unpredictable results. Migrant workers, office workers, workophobes and the never working: all have different ideas of what the ideal holiday truly is.

www.chinatravel.net — One of my biggest peeves about airports is the lack of facilities available for those stuck on long stopovers on long-haul flights. I've visited many a country ONLY on stopovers. Imagine people's only impression of your country being that hideous 10-hour stopover, midway between a 19-hour flight.

news.xinhuanet.com — China's southern Guangdong province will resume the weeklong May Day holiday this year in a bid to revive the economy. In 2007, China cut the May Day holiday from 7 to 3 days to ease overcrowded travel. The holiday will fall on May 1-7. Two days will be paid leave and local residents will have to work over the weekend of May 9-10.