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Beijing Earned RMB3.6 Billion During National Day Holiday
09/10/2006
Statistics from the Beijing Tourism and Holiday Office show during this year's National Day Holiday, Beijing earned RMB3.6 billion from domestic travel, an increase of 8.6% compared with the same period last year.
During the seven-day holiday, Beijing received 4.32 million tourists, including 2.54 million Beijing local residents and 1.78 million tourists from other provinces.
Although non-local tourist numbers is smaller than that of local residents, they spent RMB3.18 million in the city, which occupied nearly 90% of the entire travel income during the period.
The National Day holiday marks the anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China on October 1, 1949.