Tourism in Xinjiang develops rapidly in recent years

Vendors sell melons at the Grand Bazaar in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 5, 2019. In recent years, tourism in Xinjiang has been rapidly developing. In 2018, Xinjiang received more than 150 million tourist trips, up 40.09 percent from 2017. In the first five months of 2019, Xinjiang has seen nearly 50 million tourist trips, up 51.4 percent from the same period in 2018. (Xinhua/Zhao Ge)