Tourism income hits US$190m in Shanxi (Xinhua) Updated: 2004-05-09 09:35
North China's Shanxi province, one of the country's major popular tourist
destinations, registered a record high of nearly 1.56 billion yuan (US$190
million) in tourism income during the week-long May Day holidays that ended on
Friday.
The figure represented a rise of hefty 51 percent over the same period in
2002 for the local tourism sector, which suffered losses like other provinces
during the 2003 SARS attack.
The May Day holidays this year saw a record high of 7.085 million domestic
and overseas people travel to Shanxi.
Some 2.46 million travelers have traveled to 23 major scenic spots in the
province and Mount Wutai, one of the four sacred Buddhism mountains in China,
was the province's most attractive landscape, followed by other local popular
destinations including Yungang Grottoes and the well-preserved ancient city of
Pingyao with a history of some 2,000 years.
Local railway, civil aviation and highway systems reported record passenger
traffic volume accordingly during the seven-day holiday.
