| China's domestic tourist market will
see during the forthcoming week-long International Labor Day holiday
a record high of 60 million domestic travelers, the China National
Tourism Administration (CNTA) said Wednesday.
The figure will be about 30 percent more than in the same holiday
last year and the tourism industry is expecting to earn a total
of 20 billion yuan during the period, the CNTA said.
The seven-day holiday starts May 1. About 46 million people traveled
during the holiday last year, with a total travel expenditure of
18.1 billion yuan.
The CNTA said to date, nearly all hotel rooms in scenic locations
such as Guilin and Wuyi Mountain have been reserved for holiday
travelers.
Figures from transportation departments showed that railway tickets
of passenger trains from Beijing to Shanghai and Huangshan Mountain
for April 30 to May 2 have all been sold out and over 90 percent
of air tickets for Beijing to Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Kunming
and Haikou have been booked.
According to the CNTA, the number of Chinese residents traveling
abroad will also be more than in last year. About 200, 000 tourists
will go to Southeast Asian countries including Singapore, Thailand
and Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea and
Japan during the holiday.
The CNTA cautioned travel agencies against any accidents during
the holiday and asked local tourism administrations and related
government departments to strengthen supervision over safety measures
by tourist services.
(People's Daily 04/25/2001)
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