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Hangzhou records 2m trips during three-day holiday

ehangzhou.gov.cn| Updated: June 6, 2022 L M S

Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang province, saw about 1.95 million trips during the three-day Dragon Boat Festival holiday, which ended on June 5, according to local government departments.

The figure is a drop of 6.3 percent from the same period of last year.

More than 70 percent of the tourists in Hangzhou came from Zhejiang.

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Tourists go camping in Hangzhou during the three-day Dragon Boat Festival holiday. [Photo/zjol.com.cn]

Among the main scenic areas in the city, the West Lake scenic area received 415,000 tourists, Xixi Wetland Park received 105,900 tourists, and the Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City received 26,800 tourists.

Hangzhou was the most popular city in China among campers during the holiday, statistics from Alibaba's travel portal Feizhu show.

Rural tourism remained popular among tourists in Hangzhou, with the city's rural areas receiving 720,000 tourists, while the number of tourists at ancient Tangqi town experienced a five-fold increase from last year to 19,300.