Beijing receives over 17.4 million visitors during Spring Festival holiday
BEIJING, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- 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.
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