Laos embraces boost in tourism through China-Laos Railway during Spring Festival holiday

<article><section data-type="rtext"><img data-alt="" src="//img.huanqiucdn.cn/dp/api/files/imageDir/fb2ed0e577874c28214629b12f2d1efe.png?imageView2/2/w/750" />Tourists watch the sunset in Luang Prabang, Laos, Feb. 16, 2024. The China-Laos Railway is witnessing its first Spring Festival travel rush since the railway started cross-border passenger services on April 13, 2023. Laos embraced a boost in tourism thanks to the passenger flow brought by the China-Laos Railway during the Spring Festival holiday. (Photo by Kaikeo Saiyasane/Xinhua)<img data-alt="" src="//img.huanqiucdn.cn/dp/api/files/imageDir/bc956b5cd29357d6569e68a00c3e4a09.png?imageView2/2/w/750" />Tourists visit a waterfall in Luang Prabang, Laos, Feb. 16, 2024. The China-Laos Railway is witnessing its first Spring Festival travel rush since the railway started cross-border passenger services on April 13, 2023. Laos embraced a boost in tourism thanks to the passenger flow brought by the China-Laos Railway during the Spring Festival holiday. (Photo by Kaikeo Saiyasane/Xinhua)<img data-alt="" src="//img.huanqiucdn.cn/dp/api/files/imageDir/57868b23ff0b15657ee2068ccaf3537a.png?imageView2/2/w/750" />Tourists buy handicraft products at a fair in Luang Prabang, Laos, Feb. 16, 2024. The China-Laos Railway is witnessing its first Spring Festival travel rush since the railway started cross-border passenger services on April 13, 2023. Laos embraced a boost in tourism thanks to the passenger flow brought by the China-Laos Railway during the Spring Festival holiday. (Photo by Kaikeo Saiyasane/Xinhua)<img data-alt="" src="//img.huanqiucdn.cn/dp/api/files/imageDir/69e395745b54aeee61f7700c86abc57b.png?imageView2/2/w/750" />Tourists watch the sunset in Luang Prabang, Laos, Feb. 16, 2024. The China-Laos Railway is witnessing its first Spring Festival travel rush since the railway started cross-border passenger services on April 13, 2023. Laos embraced a boost in tourism thanks to the passenger flow brought by the China-Laos Railway during the Spring Festival holiday. (Photo by Kaikeo Saiyasane/Xinhua)<img data-alt="" src="//img.huanqiucdn.cn/dp/api/files/imageDir/13ed0567d525d9ca976cdc1c724dc4b6.png?imageView2/2/w/750" />A passenger bound for Laos displays a train ticket of China-Laos Railway in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Feb. 14, 2024. The China-Laos Railway is witnessing its first Spring Festival travel rush since the railway started cross-border passenger services on April 13, 2023. Laos embraced a boost in tourism thanks to the passenger flow brought by the China-Laos Railway during the Spring Festival holiday. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)<img data-alt="" src="//img.huanqiucdn.cn/dp/api/files/imageDir/c7f78dde0b00654ad8fcdb933d4177bf.png?imageView2/2/w/750" />Passengers bound for Laos display their train tickets of China-Laos Railway in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Feb. 14, 2024. The China-Laos Railway is witnessing its first Spring Festival travel rush since the railway started cross-border passenger services on April 13, 2023. Laos embraced a boost in tourism thanks to the passenger flow brought by the China-Laos Railway during the Spring Festival holiday. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)<img data-alt="" src="//img.huanqiucdn.cn/dp/api/files/imageDir/151714b5ffaf02b1a788e1310aa6c483.png?imageView2/2/w/750" />Passengers bound for Laos get on a China-Laos Railway train at Kunmingnan Railway Station in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Feb. 14, 2024. The China-Laos Railway is witnessing its first Spring Festival travel rush since the railway started cross-border passenger services on April 13, 2023. Laos embraced a boost in tourism thanks to the passenger flow brought by the China-Laos Railway during the Spring Festival holiday. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)<img data-alt="" src="//img.huanqiucdn.cn/dp/api/files/imageDir/decc0441d1c21ee9baac4ef61a29638c.png?imageView2/2/w/750" />A China-Laos Railway train departs from Kunmingnan Railway Station in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Feb. 14, 2024. The China-Laos Railway is witnessing its first Spring Festival travel rush since the railway started cross-border passenger services on April 13, 2023. Laos embraced a boost in tourism thanks to the passenger flow brought by the China-Laos Railway during the Spring Festival holiday. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)</section></article>

Tourists watch the sunset in Luang Prabang, Laos, Feb. 16, 2024. The China-Laos Railway is witnessing its first Spring Festival travel rush since the railway started cross-border passenger services on April 13, 2023. Laos embraced a boost in tourism thanks to the passenger flow brought by the China-Laos Railway during the Spring Festival holiday. (Photo by Kaikeo Saiyasane/Xinhua)

Tourists visit a waterfall in Luang Prabang, Laos, Feb. 16, 2024. The China-Laos Railway is witnessing its first Spring Festival travel rush since the railway started cross-border passenger services on April 13, 2023. Laos embraced a boost in tourism thanks to the passenger flow brought by the China-Laos Railway during the Spring Festival holiday. (Photo by Kaikeo Saiyasane/Xinhua)

Tourists buy handicraft products at a fair in Luang Prabang, Laos, Feb. 16, 2024. The China-Laos Railway is witnessing its first Spring Festival travel rush since the railway started cross-border passenger services on April 13, 2023. Laos embraced a boost in tourism thanks to the passenger flow brought by the China-Laos Railway during the Spring Festival holiday. (Photo by Kaikeo Saiyasane/Xinhua)

A passenger bound for Laos displays a train ticket of China-Laos Railway in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Feb. 14, 2024. The China-Laos Railway is witnessing its first Spring Festival travel rush since the railway started cross-border passenger services on April 13, 2023. Laos embraced a boost in tourism thanks to the passenger flow brought by the China-Laos Railway during the Spring Festival holiday. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

Passengers bound for Laos display their train tickets of China-Laos Railway in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Feb. 14, 2024. The China-Laos Railway is witnessing its first Spring Festival travel rush since the railway started cross-border passenger services on April 13, 2023. Laos embraced a boost in tourism thanks to the passenger flow brought by the China-Laos Railway during the Spring Festival holiday. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

Passengers bound for Laos get on a China-Laos Railway train at Kunmingnan Railway Station in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Feb. 14, 2024. The China-Laos Railway is witnessing its first Spring Festival travel rush since the railway started cross-border passenger services on April 13, 2023. Laos embraced a boost in tourism thanks to the passenger flow brought by the China-Laos Railway during the Spring Festival holiday. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

A China-Laos Railway train departs from Kunmingnan Railway Station in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Feb. 14, 2024. The China-Laos Railway is witnessing its first Spring Festival travel rush since the railway started cross-border passenger services on April 13, 2023. Laos embraced a boost in tourism thanks to the passenger flow brought by the China-Laos Railway during the Spring Festival holiday. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)