Tourism: Labor Day tourists up
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-05-09 14:52
About 146 million Chinese people traveled during the Labor Day vacation from
May 1 to 7, according to statistics from China National Tourism
Administration.
The number was up 20 percent from last year's Labor Day
holiday.
The administration estimated holidaymakers generated tourism
industry revenue of 58.5 billion yuan (US$7.4 billion) this year, up 25.2
percent from last year. The holiday accounted for about 38.84 million hotel
nights, up 24.1 percent. Holiday flights contributed 2.43 billion yuan to
the airlines and the railways reaped about 1.33 billion yuan.
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