Sales at some South Korean department stores witnessed a 70-percent growth in sales during the festival, local media reports say.
At least 1 million Chinese made trips to Thailand during the festival, up 19 percent year-on-year, the country's tourism authority says. Tourism spending there during the period by the Chinese is expected to hit 5.58 billion yuan, up 32 percent year-on-year.
Thailand's airlines put on at least 8,700 more flights to and from China during this year's holiday.
Island destinations were especially favored by Chinese travelers.
The number of Chinese tourists visiting Fiji, Tahiti and Seychelles doubled during the holiday, Ctrip reports.
Destinations in Southeast Asia were also high on the list for their friendly visa policies, Ctrip's publicity manager Yan Xin says.
Thailand provides multiple-entry visas for up to six months to all foreign visitors, Vietnam reduced its single-entry visa fee from $45 to $25 late last year, while Malaysia is allowing visa-free visits for Chinese travelers from March 1 to Dec 31.
On the home front, 302 million Chinese traveled to the mainland during the seven-day Spring Festival holiday, up 15.6 percent compared with the same period last year, the National Tourism Administration reports.
Tourism income stood at 365.1 billion yuan, up 16.3 percent from a year earlier.
Domestic flights carried 8.6 million passengers, up 3 percent year-on-year.
China Southern Airlines (not including Xiamen Airlines) carried 1.5 million passengers, including 920,000 outbound tourists, up 14 percent on year.
China Eastern Airlines says it carried 1.9 million tourists, but no comparative figure was available.
Beijing, Xiamen and Sanya were the most popular domestic getaways during the holiday.
The capital city received 1.4 million visitors during the seven-day holiday, up 1.5 percent year-on-year. Tourism income rose 2.1 percent to 3.4 billion yuan.
Traditional events drew a significant number of visitors nationwide.
Beijing's Ditan Temple Fair attracted 980,000 visitors, while the Jiangsu-Taiwan lantern fair in Zhenjiang saw 435,000 tourists during the first three days of the festival.
Hot spring spots were also a popular choice.
Hot springs in Chongqing received 350,000 visitors, Fujian province's Yongtai county took in 21,000 visitors while those in Hubei province saw 31,000 visitors.
The successful bid for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games boosted winter tourism.
Ski resorts in Beijing received 84,000 visitors, up 8.6 percent over the previous year, while Hebei's Chongli county took in 180,000 tourists, who mostly went there to ski, up 17.2 percent on year.
Chongli's revenue this year surpassed 120 million yuan, up 17.7 percent over the previous year.
The Xuexiang and Yabuli scenic spots in the northern province of Heilongjiang received 190,000 tourists, with 147 million yuan in tourism income.
Xinjiang's winter tourism festival also drew lots of visitors.
Meanwhile, Hao had a great time in Japan, which has fundamentally changed his thinking about how to spend future Spring Festival holidays.
"I'll definitely consider visiting other countries with my family during the Spring Festival," he says.
