Tourists to hit record high during Spring Festival holiday
Updated: 2013-01-25 09:57
(Xinhua)
|
||||||||
BEIJING - The number of tourists traveling during the upcoming Spring Festival holiday is expected to hit a record high of 211 million, tourism authorities said on Thursday.
The number of holiday tourists is expected to rise by 20 percent compared with the previous year, surpassing 200 million for the first time, the China National Tourism Administration (CNTA) said.
Increased consumer confidence, the removal of tolls on some highways and lower ticket prices have made more people willing to travel this year, the CNTA said.
Tourism revenues are expected to reach 126.7 billion yuan ($20.2 billion) during the holiday, up 25 percent year on year, according to figures released by the CNTA.
However, senior CNTA official Wu Wenxue said problems like traffic jams and a general decline in service quality are likely to occur during the weeklong holiday.
The CNTA has urged local tourism authorities to make preparations for greater numbers of visitors, Wu said.
Spring Festival Tourism:
325 extra cross-Straits flights during Spring Festival
Tickets tight for Spring Festival
Safe travel over Spring Festival a priority
Spring Festival travel reaches its peakSpring Festival creates shortage of domestic help
Toll-free roads to take Chinese home this Spring Festival
- Guizhou may be hot pick for tourism investors
- Intl hotels open up to UnionPay on rising tourism
- Island issue sinks China-Japan tourism
- Winter tourism hot in 'ice city'
- NZ touts tourism to Chinese honeymooners
- China's 2012 tourism revenues top 2.57t yuan
- Spring Festival travel reaches its peak
- Safe travel over Spring Festival a priority
- Tickets tight for Spring Festival
- 325 extra cross-Straits flights during Spring Festival
- Li Na on Time cover, makes influential 100 list
- FBI releases photos of 2 Boston bombings suspects
- World's wackiest hairstyles
- Sandstorms strike Northwest China
- Never-seen photos of Madonna on display
- H7N9 outbreak linked to waterfowl migration
- Dozens feared dead in Texas plant blast
- Venezuelan court rules out manual votes counting
Most Viewed
Editor's Picks
American abroad |
Industry savior: Big boys' toys |
New commissioner
|
Liaoning: China's oceangoing giant |
TCM - Keeping healthy in Chinese way |
Poultry industry under pressure |
Today's Top News
Boston bombing suspect reported cornered on boat
7.0-magnitude quake hits Sichuan
Cross-talk artist helps to spread the word
'Green' awareness levels drop in Beijing
Palace Museum spruces up
First couple on Time's list of most influential
H7N9 flu transmission studied
Trading channels 'need to broaden'
US Weekly
Beyond Yao
|
Money power |