133 Million Chinese Travel Domestically for New Year's Holiday Weekend
Liao Shumin
DATE:  Jan 02 2018
/ SOURCE:  Yicai
133 Million Chinese Travel Domestically for New Year's Holiday Weekend 133 Million Chinese Travel Domestically for New Year's Holiday Weekend

(Yicai Global) Jan. 2 -- Operations of the Chinese tourism market went well during the New Year's holiday three-day weekend. The number of Chinese traveling within the country rose 11 percent annually to 133 million, China News Service reported, citing statistics from the National Tourism Administration's data center.

Tourism revenue for the weekend increased by 11 percent annually to CNY75.5 billion (USD11.6 billion).

Snowy regions in the north and spas and warm cities in the south have become major winter tourist attractions.

Most tourists went to short- and medium-haul destinations. A large proportion of tourists chose to travel by car to nearby cities, suburbs and the countryside.

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Keywords:   New Year's Day Holiday,TOURISM