清明假期旅游消費(fèi)市場(chǎng)再掀熱潮

The just-finished three-day Tomb-Sweep-ing Day holiday， which started on Thursday，saw a tourism boom both in traveler numbersand tourism-related revenues.

According to the latest release by the Min-istry of Culture and Tourism on Saturday eve-ning， domestic destinations nationwide re-ceived about 119 million visits during the holi-day， up 11.5 percent from that in 2019 — thetime before the epidemic hit. The holiday onlyhad one day off last year and saw around 23.77million domestic travels.

The travel boom this year， generated atourism- related consumption of about 54 bil-lion yuan （$7.47 billion） over the holiday， withthe number marking a rise of 12.7 percent com-pared with that in 2019， the ministry said.

Spring outings， both to domestic attrac-tions and overseas destinations， saw a remark-able increase during the holiday. Figures fromthe ministry show that the Chinese mainlandsaw 1.04 million inbound trips and 992，000heading to overseas destinations.

Some less-known tourism places， such asZibo in the eastern province of Shandong， fa-mous for its barbecue， and Kaifeng in China’scentral Henan province， have become viral des-tinations over the holiday because of their deli-cious cuisines， cultural charms and entertainingevents， said the ministry.

剛剛結(jié)束的三天清明假期（4月4日起）期間，游客數(shù)量和旅游相關(guān)收入均大幅增長(zhǎng)。（剩余254字）