The National Tourism Administration reports there were 125 million tourists during the holiday period from Feb. 13 to 19, up 14.8% from the same period last year.
Of the tourism revenue, $673 million came from airlines while $414 million from railways. The tourists spent $3.88 billion in China’s 39 key tourism cities and $4.5 billion in other areas.
English News.cn reports that 29.92 million stayed overnight and 95.13 million stayed for less than one day.