Tourists rack up miles over China's May Day holiday

China’s tourism industry received a boost over the May Day holiday, with a record-breaking 13m train journeys made across the country on the first day of the vacation. According to statistics released by the China National Tourism Administration (CNTA), the Hainan, Zhejiang and Jiangsu were the most popular domestic destinations, while Seoul, Bangkok, and Tokyo proved to be the most popular foreign cities visited by Chinese tourists. Destinations within a five-hour fly zone, including Indonesia and Singapore, also featured prominently, while 56% of non-group visitors chose to spend more than a week abroad, 12 percentage points more than the previous year.

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05-02-2016 19:44 BJT

This year's May Day Holiday has seen a consumption peak in tourism industry in China. The Chinese railway authority says some 13 million train trips were made across the country on the first day of the holiday, beating last year's record high.



Most tourists headed to southern and eastern regions, including Hainan, Zhejiang and Jiangsu. Overseas tour packages were also the bestseller this year, with Japan, Thailand and South Korea being the top three destinations.