Chinese tourists made 2.71 million outbound trips during the three-day Dragon Boat Festival holiday, up 7.2 percent year on year, official data showed Tuesday.

 

官方数据显示，端午节三天小长假有271万人出国旅游，年同比增长7.2%。

 

The most popular overseas destinations included Russia, Thailand, Italy, Vietnam and France, according to the China National Tourism Administration (CNTA).

 

There was a rapid increase in the number of outbound tourists visiting Europe during the holiday, the CNTA said.

 

Within the country, 82.6 million trips were made by tourists, with 33.7 billion yuan (4.9 billion U.S. dollars) of business income earned by the domestic tourism sector¹, according to the CNTA.

 

The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated² on the fifth day of the fifth month of a year according to the Chinese calendar, and falls on May 30 this year. Traditions of the festival include racing³ dragon boats and eating Zongzi, glutinous⁴ rice and fillings wrapped with bamboo or reed leaves.

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