Trips on mainland rise, net $761 billion in revenue

EIJING - China's rapid growth in domestic tourism continued in 2018 when the country recorded a total of 5.54 billion domestic tourist trips, up nearly 11 percent year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

Domestic traveling brought a total of 5.13 trillion yuan ($761 billion) in revenue to the tourism sector last year, registering a 12-percent increase compared with 2017, according to the ministry.

Between Feb 4 and 10, China recorded 415 million trips made by tourists and grossed nearly 514 billion yuan in tourism revenue, up 7.6 percent and 8.2 percent, respectively, year-on-year, the Chinese Tourism Academy said.