BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s culture and tourism ministry said on Tuesday both the number of domestic trips and total travel expenditure during the week-long National Day holiday exceeded last year’s numbers, reflecting continued recovery in tourism.
Official data showed that 765 million domestic trips were made across the country during the so-called Golden Week, a year-on-year increase of 5.9%.
Expenditure of domestic tourists reached 700.82 billion yuan ($99.30 billion), a year-on-year increase of 6.3%.
The numbers are also 10.2% and 7.9% higher, respectively, than in 2019, before the COVID pandemic.
($1 = 7.0573 renminbi)
