According to an online survey conducted by Nelson, with the rapid income growth of the Chinese people, more than 50% of them are planning to spend more on traveling, ranking China No.1 in Asia in this aspect.

The survey, covering 3,000 respondents around the country, shows that 3/4 of them have traveled at least once in the past 12 months. About 50% of the respondents have even traveled twice or thrice, while 16% of them have traveled 4 or 5 times.

Quite a large number of them appreciate natural landscapes the most during traveling, as the favorite destinations of 1/3 of them are mostly forest parks. Some others would like to visit metropolises, to experience modern excitement. It is said that 19% of the respondents visited Shanghai last year.

(Chinanews.cn August 13, 2007)