Cute elephant herd sparks interest in travel to Yunnan Province during Dragon Boat Festival

Drone footage of the elephant herd resting in the Jinning district of Kunming on Monday quickly went viral on China's Twitter-like Sina Weibo, earning more than 200 million views as of JUne 10.

BEIJING (Global Times): A herd of 15 wild Asian elephants in Southwest China's Yunnan Province has become a huge hit on Chinese social media as netizens have been going gaga over their cute behaviors, such as the way they settle down for a nap after a long migration.

Wandering around the outskirts of the city of Kunming, the elephant herd has netizens clamoring to head there during the three-day Dragon Boat Festival holiday this weekend.