Xinhua | October 7, 2023
This aerial photo taken on Oct. 3, 2023 shows tourists taking boats on Lijiang River in Guilin City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (Photo by Liu Zheng/Xinhua)
China's domestic tourism market generated approximately 753.4 billion yuan (about 103.2 billion U.S. dollars) in revenue during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday, which ended on Friday, official statistics show.
The figure represents a year-on-year increase of 129.5 percent, and a rise of 1.5 percent from that of the National Day holiday in 2019, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
During the eight-day holiday, Chinese people made 826 million domestic tourist trips, an increase of 71.3 percent from last year and a rise of 4.1 percent from 2019, the ministry said.