Tourism revenue hits 36.6b yuan in first 10 months

Baotou, the largest city of North China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region, maintained steady growth in its tourism industry with tourism revenue hitting 36.6 billion yuan ($5.53 billion) during the first 10 months of 2017, year-on-year growth of 24.9 percent, according to local media.

Baotou received 10.6 million tourists in total during the first three quarters of the year, year-on-year growth of 16.2 percent.

The city now boasts 66 key tourism projects which are expected to draw investment of 34.94 billion yuan. And a total of 10.02 billion yuan is expected to be spent on the projects in 2017.