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China sees 96m domestic tourist trips during Dragon Boat Festival holiday
Updated: Jun 10, 2019
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BEIJING - China saw a total of 95.98 million domestic tourist trips made during the three-day Dragon Boat Festival holiday, up 7.7 percent from the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
Tourism revenue reached 39.33 billion yuan (about $5.7 billion) during the holiday which lasts from Friday to Sunday, up 8.6 percent year-on-year, according to the ministry.
Various activities staged across China to celebrate this year's Cultural and Natural Heritage Day, which fell on Saturday, also attracted a large number of tourists, according to the ministry.
Trips to coastal cities surged during the holiday, said the ministry.
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