Snow boosts tourism in Yangzhou during Spring Festival holiday

The Slender West Lake in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, covered in snow [Photo/yznews.com.cn]

During the second half of this year's Spring Festival holiday, a cold front swept through Yangzhou, East China's Jiangsu province, and brought the city the first snow of the Chinese New Year.

As snowfall gave the ancient city of Yangzhou and its traditional gardens a silver-white dusting, a good number of citizens and tourists were drawn to the city.

Statistics show that Yangzhou's Slender West Lake scenic spot alone received 72,000 tourists on Feb 8 (the fourth day of the Chinese New Year), up nearly 40 percent year-on-year.