中国游客到海外过春节

 　　The number of bookings by outbound Chinese tourists has almost doubled this year from the same period last year.

　　Chinese travel portal ly.com is suggesting Chinese outbound tourists are more willing to travel to neighboring places in Asia than anywhere else.

　　South Korea tops the destination list, followed by Hong Kong and Macao, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Maldives and Singapore.

　　Zhang Tiemin is with China International Travel Services.

　　越来越多中国游客到海外过春节

　　"Spring Festival tours to Japan and South Korea are extremely popular. So judging from the applications we've got now, tour groups from 16th to 22nd February are fully¹ packed."

　　Dai Bin² with the China Tourism Academy says many countries including the United States, Japan, certain European countries and Australia, have launched easier visa services for Chinese nationals, or have waived³ their visa requirements all-together.

　　"Apart from the extended period of validity, visa facilitation also makes it easier and less costly⁴ for tourists to obtain visas, including visa on arrival, visa-free and group visa. The eased visa policies have made it more convenient for Chinese people to travel overseas."

　　The falling exchange rate of several currencies including the U.S. dollar, Australian dollar, Euro and Japanese yen⁵ is also proving to be an incentive⁶ for many people to travel abroad.

　　The Lunar New Year is China's most important family holiday, with hundreds of millions of people returning to their hometown to meet with families and old friends.

　　But spending the holiday traveling abroad is also quickly becoming a notable alternative.

　　It's believed between the first and third day of the Chinese Lunar New Year, the prices for tour packages are likely to be pushed up by around 25-percent due to the increased demand.

　　For CRI, I am Niu Honglin.

1 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

2 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。

3 waived   

v.宣布放弃( waive的过去式和过去分词 )；搁置；推迟；放弃（权利、要求等）

参考例句：

• He has waived all claim to the money. 他放弃了索取这笔钱的权利。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I waived the discourse, and began to talk of my business. 我撇开了这个话题，开始讲我的事情。 来自辞典例句

4 costly   

adj.昂贵的，价值高的，豪华的

参考例句：

• It must be very costly to keep up a house like this.维修这么一幢房子一定很昂贵。
• This dictionary is very useful,only it is a bit costly.这本词典很有用，左不过贵了些。

5 yen   

n. 日元；热望

参考例句：

• He wanted to convert his dollars into Japanese yen.他想将美元换成日币。
• He has a yen to be alone in a boat.他渴望独自呆在一条船上。

6 incentive   

n.刺激；动力；鼓励；诱因；动机

参考例句：

• Money is still a major incentive in most occupations.在许多职业中，钱仍是主要的鼓励因素。
• He hasn't much incentive to work hard.他没有努力工作的动机。