Beijing receives over 17.4 million visitors during Spring Festival holiday

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Beijing receives over 17.4 million visitors during Spring Festival holiday

STORY: Beijing receives over 17.4 million visitors during Spring Festival holiday SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 11, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 18, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:39 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SOCIETY/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of temple fairs STORYLINE: Beijing received nearly 17.5 million visitors during the just-concluded eight-day Spring Festival holiday, up 37.4 percent year on year, said the municipal culture and tourism bureau on Saturday. The city's tourism sector raked in 28.65 billion yuan (about 4 billion U.S. dollars) during the holiday, marking a 40.6 percent year-on-year increase, according to the bureau. This year's official Spring Festival holiday in China lasted from Feb. 10 to 17. All kinds of Spring Festival temple fairs became one of the top choices for both tourists and locals, with such fairs in the city recording over 5.16 million visits during the period. Many tourists also opted for village sightseeing travels during this holiday period. The city's village tourism sector recorded

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