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China logs 596 million domestic trips during Lunar New Year holiday

China recorded 596 million domestic trips during the nine-day Lunar New Year holiday, and domestic tourism spending reached 803.5 billion yuan ($116.81 billion), the Ministry of Culture and Tourism said in a statement on Tuesday.

February 24, 2026

Beijing Newsroom/Reuters

China logs 596 million domestic trips during Lunar New Year holiday

A man rides a scooter past lantern decorations in Beijing, China February 24, 2026.

Tingshu Wang/Reuters

BEIJING - China recorded 596 million domestic trips during the nine-day Lunar New Year holiday, and domestic tourism spending reached 803.5 billion yuan ($116.81 billion), the Ministry of Culture and Tourism said in a statement on Tuesday.


($1 = 6.8788 Chinese yuan renminbi)


-Beijing Newsroom, Editing by Louise Heavens/Reuters

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