Lijiang top domestic destination for May Day travelers

Yulong Snow Mountain is the landmark of Lijiang and a beautiful backdrop for other tourist attractions around the city in Yunnan province. [Photo by Zhang Wenyin/For China Daily]

Yunnan province's Lijiang is one of the top three choices of Chinese travelers planning a domestic trip during the upcoming May Day holiday, according to an online survey by Ctrip, a travel service provider.The other two destinations are Fujian province's Xiamen,and Sichuan province's Chengdu.

And Japan is the top overseas destination for Chinese travellers during the upcoming May Day holiday. Followed by Japan are Maldives and Thailand, which are likely to see a flood of Chinese visitors. The three-day May Day break is much more favorable with Chinese tourists than this month's Tomb Sweeping Festival due to warmer weather.

Around 60 percent of those surveyed said they would take extra days off to make longer vacations.

Travelers can make a 10-day break, including the following weekend, by taking five days off after the holiday. Another plan is to take four days off before the holiday to make a nine-day break.