National Day holiday sees surge in passenger flows, tourist revenue

Tourists are seen at the Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street in Shanghai, east China, Oct. 4, 2017. A total of 705 million tourists traveled around the country during the National holiday, generating 583.6 billion yuan (about 87.7 billion U.S. dollars) of revenue, according to the China National Tourism Administration (CNTA). This year the National Day holiday was extended by one day as the Mid-Autumn Festival fell on Oct.4, which saw a surge in tourist revenue along with passenger flows. (Xinhua/Chen Fei)