during the 7-day golden week holiday, traveling has already become an indispensable part of people's relaxation activities. the lengthy holidays have caused unexpected great travel craze and brisk economic activities. holiday spending, however, adds fuel to the chinese economy, which in turn leads to the creation of a new term “holiday economy” and it sparks a hot debate about it. some economists are in favor of the golden week economy.
they believe it has many advantages. first, tourism－based holiday economy will raise consumption, up spending and, therefore, help to spur the domestic demand.
in addition, it benefits tourism, transportation, catering, hotels and service industries and enables them to thrive during holidays, which in turn adds fuel to the overall economic growth.
however, others overstate its disadvantages and hold that it brings undeniable problems. first, the travel craze