Tourism record expected for May Day

A total of 149 million tourists are forecast to travel during the upcoming May Day holiday, up from 134 million last year, according to a survey by China Tourism Academy.

Conducted in 60 cities across the country, the survey estimated that the domestic tourism industry would likely reap 88 billion yuan ($13.9 billion) of revenue during the holiday, which runs from Sunday to Tuesday, compared with 79 billion yuan in 2017.

More than one-quarter of them said they will visit overseas destinations.