Domestic tourism maintains rapid growth in China

Tourists admire icicles at Dadunxia scenic spot in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 16, 2018. China's rapid growth in domestic tourism continued in 2018 when the country recorded a total of 5.54 billion domestic tourist trips, up 10.76 percent year-on-year, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced on Jan. 30, 2019. Domestic traveling brought a total of 5.13 trillion yuan (764 billion U.S. dollars) in revenue to the tourism sector last year, registering a 12.3 percent increase compared with 2017, according to the ministry at a press conference. (Xinhua/Shi Yongdong)