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Tongzhou receives 140,000 tourists during Spring Festival holiday

Updated: Feb 19, 2019 Print
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The total tourist revenue in Nantong’s Tongzhou district reached 3.85 million yuan ($568,316) during Chinese Spring Festival holiday, according to statistics from tourism management department of the district’s reform and development commission.

About 142,000 people visited key scenic spots in Tongzhou district from Feb 4 to Feb 10.

Many tourist areas launched a series of special events and promotion to attract tourists.

Nantong’s first temple fair was held in the Xianhua town for people to pray for good luck in the new year. During the fair, tourists enjoined many interesting performances including circus show and traditional folk customs show.

The total tourist revenue reached 900,000 yuan from the temple fair since 45,000 tourists were received during the holiday.

Meanwhile, Nantong Zhouji Green Expo Garden launched a beautiful turmeric flower show, attracting 24,100 tourists and yielding revenue of 70,800 yuan.

Tongzhou district has made great efforts to build its tourism brand and the tourism industry has maintained great development momentum in recent years.

The district received about 4.41 million tourists in 2018, up 14.8 percent year on year.

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