An aerial drone photo shows tourists visiting Beiwudang scenic area in Shizuishan City, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, April 5, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
China saw about 119 million domestic tourist trips made during the three-day Qingming Festival holiday, ending on Saturday, up 11.5 percent from the same period in 2019, showed data from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
Domestic tourism revenue during the period totaled 53.95 billion yuan (about 7.6 billion U.S. dollars), up 12.7 percent from the same period in 2019.
Qingming Festival, or Tomb-Sweeping Day, is an important occasion for Chinese to honor their ancestors. Many also spend the three-day holiday on leisure travel.
Self-driving, cycling, and trekking became popular modes of travel during the holiday this year, with short-distance and local trips being favored.
China saw 1.04 million inbound tourist trips and 992,000 outbound tourist trips made during the holiday, which were close to the number of trips made during the same period in 2019. Japan, Thailand, and South Korea were popular destinations for outbound travel.
Related articles:
Related suggestion:
Jordan stations 2 firefighting helicopters in Cyprus to help as summer fire season arrivesTrump hush money trial: Prosecutors move deeper into exSkye Wheatley hosts reunion with her I'm A Celebrity coStrictly's Katya Jones, 34, shares fears over her 'maternal clock' amid busy dance schedulePolish prosecutors open investigation after judge flees to autocratic BelarusTurkey formally opens another former ByzantineLiam Gallagher rents swanky £17,000Former Starbucks CEO Schultz says company needs to refocus on coffee as sales struggleLiam Gallagher rents swanky £17,000The yearly memorial march at the former death camp at Auschwitz overshadowed by the Israel
2.9429s , 6501.859375 kb
Copyright © 2024 Powered by China sees nearly 119 mln domestic tourist trips during Qingming holiday ,International Interface news portal