Shanghai lights up Times Square with Chinese New Year greeting

A Shanghai resident wrote, "New year, new trip! If you visit Shanghai, where would you go first — the Bund, Disneyland, or Wukang Road?" posing the question to people watching in Times Square.

"The culture is my main thing," Derek said. "When I travel, I want to experience the culture and everything that they have to offer."

As a big fan of Pixar animation, Derek added that he would also like to visit Shanghai Disneyland to see what makes it unique compared with Disney parks in the United States.

For some viewers, the video also highlighted Shanghai's international appeal.

"It looks like foreigners are already living in Shanghai," said Karla Venegas, a travel content creator from Mexico who has around one million followers across different platforms.

Venegas said Shanghai is on her travel wish list and she hopes to visit to share her own "China travel" experience with her audience. While browsing the Shanghai International Services online platform, she switched the website to Spanish, her first language.

The platform supports 10 languages, including English, Spanish, French and Korean, making it easier for international users to explore information about living, working and traveling in Shanghai.

Maria Angeli, from Austin, Texas, said she is also looking forward to the chance to travel to Shanghai one day. Inspired by the New Year theme, she wrote a message on a paper in response to the greetings from Shanghai.

"Run with a suitcase at midnight for a year of travel," she wrote, explaining a New Year's tradition from Latin America. "If you go to Latin America, you'll see lots of people running in the streets with suitcases at midnight. It's for good luck in travel in the coming year."