Tourism booms in ancient capital Xi’an, China with over 14 million tourists

_{South Gate of Xi'an City Wall at dusk}

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 16 -- China’s domestic tourism, in particular in Xi’an, saw a robust rebound over the just-ended Golden Week holiday.

According to data by the Xi'an Municipal People's Government, during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday this year, Xi'an received 14.7481 million tourists and recorded tourism revenue of 11.14 billion yuan. (100 yuan = RM61.829)

From a horizontal comparison of Chinese cities in terms of the number of tourists received, Xi'an ranked second out of the top 10 popular tourist destinations in China.

According to a statement, this year's National Day holiday is the first Golden Week since China returned to normalcy with epidemic prevention and control.

The eight-day holiday initially drove people to travel, contributing to gradual recovery of the transportation sector, such as travel via airlines, railways and automobiles. Such strong travel demand led to a significant recovery in holiday tourism.

Due to the global epidemic, people mostly chose domestic tourist destinations, but still the recovery of China's tourism market has sent a ‘positive signal’ to the world. To visit Xi'an has become a shared expectation of people from many other countries.

World renowned news agency Reuters has published a special issue to promote the image of Xi'an, presenting how ‘Ancient and Modern Collide’ in the spellbinding ancient capital from multiple angles.

Through 10 impressive articles, Reuters highlighted the capital’s history, culture, nature, sports, scholarship, music, gourmet, technology and urban development.

-- BERNAMA