Japan the hottest destination

Favourite travel spot: A group of Chinese tourists standing in front of a tour bus in the Ginza district of Tokyo. — Bloomberg

BEIJING: Chinese travellers’ enthusiasm for visiting Japan during the Spring Festival holiday remains high, despite an appreciating Japan­ese yen and an exit tax levied on foreign visitors.

Japan, next only to Thailand, has become the hottest overseas destination for Chinese travellers during the upcoming one-week Spring Festival break in early February, according to Ctrip, China’s largest online travel agency.