Worldwide holiday mode

Eleven Golden Week is around the corner, what is the long holiday has become a topic of concern. This reporter this morning line, understand the situation in other countries holidays. In an interview with reporters in the country, few have similar Chinese "Golden Week" holidays such, but they also have festive characteristics.

Only Japan's Golden Week in May 1, overcrowding Spa

Years of study in Japan, said the Japanese Golden Week only once a year, usually in April 29 in the week. Because April 29 is Japan's "Green Day" (formerly the Showa emperor's birthday), May 3, is Japan's Constitution Day, the 4th of the National rest days, on the 5th of the Japanese boy, in several successive holidays, and so they had a short break. If the weekend to catch up on 10 days rest can be connected.

Japan's Golden Week around the Spa are overcrowded, expensive prices than usual double. Japan around the airport are also a big plastic travel abroad, because the Japanese are very desperate peacetime work, in this rare holidays many people choose to travel abroad.

Korea-day holiday to visit relatives envy China Golden Week

"People's Daily" in Korean reporters Mr Tsui said, Korea has no golden weeks, the longest in Korea is the Spring Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, only three days before a holiday, then the Koreans are all home, called the "National mobile."

He said, South Korea at other times not so many holidays, so Koreans say: "You have so many Chinese Golden Week is all too happy!"

Russian Christmas holiday for 10 days will not train ticket prices

CCTV reporter Lu Biao in Moscow that the Russian October Revolution will be a festival, New Year's Day and other holidays, but Christmas is the importance, which is the longest of the Russian festival, the time may last more than 10 days. And more interesting is that Russia is not the time for Christmas on December 25, but again a week later, and it linked to the New Year.

Coming just in time for Christmas, shopping malls will do all sorts of publicity and promotions, some time will also increase, but at the end of the festival will be price. During the festive season travel, train tickets, airline tickets, may be a little nervous, but not for buy. Rail transport is generally not price increases, airline tickets prices and otherwise decided by the airlines themselves.

British congestion Easter holiday excursion fares rose tenfold

-- Henry built in Britain, the British no more than three days of holidays. But many people prefer to own private holidays and public holidays linked to take longer this time. Like the British in the Easter travel time, the day before Easter each year, highway congestion will be large, because many people driving trips.

British excursion habits and the Chinese people have different, often very early planning. For example, it is in September, he has started a Christmas program. In Britain, the sooner the tickets, the cheaper airfares, holidays approaching, fares will rise from three to four times, and some even reached 10 times. However, early plans sometimes encountered unexpected, because the good cheap votes not retreat. Therefore, in Southeast Asia after the tsunami there is a interesting phenomenon is that a large number of British tourists still on schedule to the tsunami region, because no votes and returned.

Chen said that a few years ago the British shopping malls, supermarkets not to the business Sunday. But now may be due to the fierce competition for retail, many stores will be in business Sunday, but relatively short time, the general business only about six hours.

Germany is not each other, holiday travel shops closed

"Guangming Daily" in German reporter Shibano said, in addition to Christmas and New Year, Germany a long Easter holiday should be considered, but only two to three days. German general will choose two seasons in the Winter and Summer go on vacation, many people will choose to Europe southern sunlight local tourism, but not in a fixed time for each other infants vacation travel.

In China, business is the sale of prime time on weekends. In sharp contrast, Germany's shopping malls, supermarkets only in business Saturday, Sunday will be closed. If it is encountered over three days of holiday, it will be closed. So, if someone just arrived in Germany Sunday, some things may not be available. Shibano said, the people understand that the law will come before the holidays shopping, good reserve of daily necessities.

American holidays are more dispersed businesses do not follow publicity

"People's Daily" said UN reporters at the United Nations, many Americans festive, but rather scattered, not as concentrated as the Golden Week holidays.

He told reporters at Christmas, the United States will be the major shopping malls in a big way to publicity and promotion. But not every business will follow propaganda festival, in addition to the Christmas period, generally only in malls throughout the Spring and Autumn Period, the price promotions. In peacetime the weekend, still large supermarket business, small shops will be closed for two days. Moreover, in Egypt, Thailand, India, the Chinese journalists are said to reporters that the host country does not have such a golden week holidays, religious festivals and more. Egyptian National Day and China's National Day is the difference, if the National Day coincided with rest days, will not be postponed. Therefore, shorter than the holidays. Egypt is more grand festival of Eid al-Fitr, the Islamic festival, Thailand and India to celebrate the Buddhist festival more.