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Searches for bed and breakfast (B&B) services surged over 400 percent in the suburbs of large cities, including Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu, Southwest China’s Sichuan Province, with some prices soaring more than 35 percent, as residents stay put for the upcoming Chinese New Year holiday, which this year lasts from February 11 to 17, latest industry reports showed.
Bookings for B&B services across the country have recovered to about 60 percent of the amount seen last Chinese New Year, with short drives and celebrating the holiday in suburban B&Bs becoming a new trend in large Chinese cities, according to a report guesthouse booking platform Tujia sent to the Global Times on Saturday.
This year, people are more cautious in…