For Chen Xinlong and his wife, a trip to the world’s biggest gambling hub of Macau is a highlight of China’s Golden Week holiday this year — but the idea of spending money with abandon only goes so far.
Chen, a 39-year-old vegetable farmer from Fujian province, said the couple had decided to stay overnight in Zhuhai, the mainland city bordering Macau, to take advantage of its cheaper hotels. “It’s relatively expensive here,” he said of the former Portuguese colony.
Through China’s eight-day public holiday this week, there has been no shortage of public data trumpeting a travel frenzy, including more than 100mn train journeys by last weekend and 1bn trips from one region to another, according to state media and ministry announcements.
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