Best tourist spots for crowd-free May Day holiday snaps

Tourists crowd the West Lake in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang province, during the May Day holiday in 2015. [Photo/IC]

If you want to win more 'likes' for your photos on Wechat's "Moments", then here is one tip you don't want to miss: Do not let any tourists ruin your photo.

But is it possible for you to take a picture with great scenery without any tourists in it during the May Day Holiday, notorious for being the second busiest holiday period in China?

Well, nearly every Chinese, as well as expats in China, will be celebrating the short three-day holiday of International Labor Day by asking the age-old question: to travel or not to travel.

If we travel, the most likely thing to happen is that we would get overwhelmed by tourists from around the country. We even have to line up to take a clean picture with a blossom or a famous statue.

The best strategy, as I see it, is to pull away from the madding crowd by going to lesser-known spots around China, where you can truly relax. Here are some of our best picks.