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Travelers made 765 million trips over the weeklong holiday, with nontraditional destinations like Datong and Changsha among those reaping the rewards. China enjoyed a tourism boom during the recent National Day holiday, with 765 million trips officially recorded nationwide, a 5.9% increase year on year and up by 10.2% compared with 2019. Total spending reached 700.8 billion yuan ($99.2 billion), 6.3% more than in the same period in 2023. Among the most popular destinations were Beijing, Chongqing, and Chengdu, capital of the southwestern Sichuan province, which each welcomed more than 20 million visitors, while Hangzhou in the eastern Zhejiang province and Changsha in the central Hunan province received 17.6 million and 9.5 million, respectively. Changsha drew 72.4% more tourists compared with last year, with Yuelu Mountain and Juzi Island serving as two of its biggest attractions. The weeklong break provides many Chinese an opportunity to loosen their purse strings, and even less-trav
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