Mount Wudang boosts tourism to record high in first four months

( chinadaily.com.cn )

Updated: 2012-05-17

In the first four months of 2012, Mount Wudang scenic area received 1.42 million Chinese and foreign tourists, up 36.6 percent. They created 758 million yuan ($119.9 million) in tourism revenues, up 41.2 percent.

The scenic area admitted large numbers of tourists during the long holidays. For the Tomb-sweeping Day holidays, it received 34,000 tourists, up 60.05 percent. It yielded 17 million yuan ($2.69 million) in tourism revenues, up 54 percent. On the May 1 holiday, it received 69,000 tourists, up 4.4 percent. It created 45 million yuan ($7.12 million) in tourism revenues, up 7.5 percent. On April 21, the tourism area received 15,000 tourists, a record high for non-holidays.