The Tourism and Cultural Festival and Lantern Festival for the Chinese New Year of the Pig are celebrated in Dalian. [Photo by Ma Wenjun/For chinadaily.com.cn]
The country recorded a total of 415 million trips made by tourists and grossed 513.9 billion yuan ($76.14 billion) in tourism revenue between Feb 4 to 10, an increase of 7.6 and 8.2 percent respectively on a yearly basis.