BEIJING, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- China's tourism revenue rose 26.9 percent to 64.62 billion yuan (9.46 billion U.S. dollars) during the Spring Festival, the National Tourism Administration (NTA) said Sunday.
China received 125 million tourists during the holiday period from Feb. 13 to 19, up 14.8 percent from the same period last year, a statement on the NTA website said.
Of the tourism revenue, 4.6 billion yuan came from airlines while 2.83 billion yuan from railways. The tourists spent 26.51 billion yuan in China's 39 key tourism cities and 30.68 billion yuan in other areas.
Among the tourists, 29.92 million stayed overnight and 95.13 million stayed for less than one day.
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| People crowd the Dachengdian Square at the Confucius Temple area in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Feb. 19, 2010. China's retail sales hit 340 billion yuan (49.8 billion U.S. dollars) during the "golden week" of Spring Festival, up 17.2 percent over the same period of last year. And the country recorded more visits during the holiday, up 23.1 percent in expenditure over the previous period. (Xinhua/Wang Xin) |
BEIJING, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- China's retail sales hit 340 billion yuan (49.8 billion U.S. dollars) during the "golden week" of Spring Festival, up 17.2 percent over the same period of last year, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Friday. Full story
