Wendy Zhang/ Shanghai Daily news

China  received a total of 69.02 million travelers over the just ended weeklong Spring Festival holiday, an increase of 9.1 percent from a year before, with a total tourism revenue of 31.3 billion yuan (US$3.77 billion), up 8.1 percent from the previous year, today's China Youth Post reported.
Among the 69.02 million travelers, 17.32 million stayed in hotels or lived in guesthouses, and 51.7 million were on one-day tours.
Thirty-one key tourism cities such as Tianjin, Wuxi, Suzhou, Huangshan, Xiamen, Guilin, Haikou, Xi'an and Yinchuan received a combined 29.55 million tourists during the holiday, bringing in 14.3 billion yuan in revenues.
Among the 31.3 billion yuan in tourism revenue, 1.85 billion yuan came from the civil aviation transport sector and 1.67 billion yuan from the rail transport industry.
Tourism expenditure reached 453 yuan per capita during the holiday. More than 90 percent of travelers were satisfied with their trips.