China sees 76m tourists during Spring Festival holiday

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Photo taken on Feb. 12 shows tourists walking into the Gate of Heavenly Peace in Beijing. According to the statistics issued on Feb. 15, by the national holiday tourism office for coordination meeting of inter-ministry and department, the totoal number of people touring 39 major resort and tourist cities of China reached 76,000,000 during this year's seven-day Spring Festival holiday, up 15 percent year on year. And the number of tourists visiting 33 popular scenic spots across China increased by 20 percent year on year. [Source: xinhuanet.com/photo]