The passenger throughput of Lijiang airport in August reached 524,711, a year-on-year increase of 75.6 percent, and the number of airplanes taking off and landing reached 4,352, an increase of 77.4 percent.

Since the beginning of the summer, many domestic and international visitors have arrived in the city, and these figures break the records for passenger throughput and number of flights at Lijiang airport, chinanews.com reported.

Edited by Niva Whyman