China hosted 78.32 million tourists during the Spring Festival
holidays, up 13.5 percent over the previous year, the National
Tourism Administration said Sunday.
The country reaped 36.8 billion yuan (US$4.6 billion) of tourism
income in the period of the Chinese Lunar New Year, up 17.6 percent
year-on-year.
According to the latest statistics from the China National
Tourism Administration, there were 19.32 million overnight tourists
during the holiday. China's civil aviation industry reaped 2.32
billion yuan of income, and the country's railway industry gained
1.74 billion yuan.
The country's tourism activities went on sound and orderly
during the holidays, with visitors' satisfaction rate surpassing 90
percent.
(Xinhua News Agency February 6, 2006)
