On Chinese social media platforms such as microblogging site Weibo and short-video platform Douyin, their users have praised "lying flat travel", with some stating that they are growing "more and more fond" of it.
Many are also using the term to promote travel destinations, referring to potential destinations as "lying flat towns" or "lying flat island resorts".
Speaking to Chinese digital newspaper The Paper, a 24-year-old known as "Tudou" said that "lying flat travel" has allowed her to realise that one does not need to spend money in order to obtain happiness.
Tudou, who enjoys lying in different Shenzhen parks every weekend to experience nature,said: "Besides the cost of picnic mats and food, lying in the park has no other costs. It's simply making full use of the city's natural resources."
Even without a clear purpose, "you can see a lot of beautiful scenery and hear a lot of different conversations, which feels very interesting", she added.
Another traveller, "Luocigaoqianxiaoni", spoke of her first "lying down" trip to Yangshuo, a resort town in Guilin city. On her first day, she wanted to have dinner at a farmhouse across the Lijiang River, and crossed it by boat.
"It was getting dark at the time, and you could see a spectacular sunset. Sitting on a boat on the river, watching the sunset, it was very poetic," she told The Paper.
"Also, the boatman brought his grandson with him. The little boy was climbing here and there on the boat, sometimes jumping down to catch fish with a small basin. I felt that there was a special atmosphere of local life."
In an incident from April this year that is emblematic of this evolving trend, three able-bodied youth were seen using electric wheelchairs for sightseeing at the Daming Lake in Jinan city, Shandong province.
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