Beijing receives over 8 mn tourists during mainland Mid-Autumn Festival holiday

Over 8.17 million tourists visited Beijing between September 15 to 17, the dates of this year's Mid-Autumn Festival holiday in the Mainland, according to the municipal culture and tourism bureau.

Among the total, some 7.7 million visitors flocked to the city's 212 key tourist attractions, up 13.6 percent year on year, according to the bureau.

Rural tourism in Beijing's suburbs emerged as a major highlight of this year's holiday travel.

The cumulative number of visitors to the city's rural areas reached over 1.45 million, bringing in operating income amounting to more than 170.5 million yuan (about US$24 million). The suburban districts of Yanqing, Miyun and Huairou, were the top three destinations in the rural tourism sector.

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