Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
China witnesses travel boom during Spring Festival holiday
Updated: February 6, 2025 09:00Xinhua
Tourists visit a scenic spot in Qingzhou City, east China’s Shandong Province, Feb. 4, 2025. China witnessed a record 501 million domestic tourist trips during the eight-day Spring Festival holiday that ended on Tuesday, up 5.9 percent year on year, according to data released by the country’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism on Wednesday. Tourists spent over 677 billion yuan (about 94.43 billion U.S. dollars) on their domestic trips during the holiday, a 7 percent year-on-year increase, data showed. [Photo/Xinhua]Tourists watch lion dance in Tancheng County of Linyi, east China’s Shandong Province, on Jan. 29, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]Tourists watch dragon dance at a studio complex in Laoling City, east China’s Shandong Province, Feb. 3, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]Tourists watch lion dance at a scenic spot in Mengshan Mountain of Pingyi County, Linyi City, east China’s Shandong Province, Jan. 31, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]Tourists visit the Nanshan Cultural Tourism Zone in Sanya, south China’s Hainan Province, Jan. 29, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]Tourists ride camels at the Mingsha Mountain and Crescent Spring scenic spot in Dunhuang, northwest China’s Gansu Province, Feb. 4, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]