Chongqing to pull in crowds for May Day holiday

Chongqing, a southwestern metropolis of more than 30 million people, is anticipating a huge influx of tourists over the coming May Day holiday after becoming one of the country's hottest travel destinations.

Chongqing Daily reported that based on the data from Meituan, a major services platform in China, Chongqing, Xi'an, Changsha, Chengdu, Wuhan, Qingdao, Nanjing, Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou are the country's 10 top destination cities.

Tourism this May Day holiday — which falls this year from April 29 to May 3 — is expected to boom now that epidemic controls have been eased, with hotels already sold out in advance and outbound group trips fully booked, according to data from various travel service platforms.