The 23rd Qingdao International Beer Festival wrapped up on August 25. [dzwww.com]

The 23rd Qingdao International Beer Festival wrapped up on August 25. The number of tourists visiting the Festival came to nearly 400 million, with a beer consumption of more than 1,200 tons, directly contributing 3.831 billion yuan to the city's economy.

According to the statistics from a third-party assessment agency, the number of tourists flocking in from other cities accounted for 51.9 percent of the total number, an increase of 9 percent compared with last year's figures; the number of foreign tourists also saw a slight increase, accounting for 5 percent of the total visitor number.