Travel demand appears to be stronger this year, possibly because the Mid-Autumn Festival is a time for family reunion.
Traffic jams in Hainan are a snapshot of peak tourism nationwide during the Spring Festival travel rush. According to the Ministry of Transport, 82 million trips were made on Tuesday, up by 2.87 percent year-on-year, as people began returning to their workplaces from their hometowns.
Tourism has created more than 80 million jobs and became an important industry to help the economy and reduce poverty, Li said.
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Top actress Nicole Kidman attends the 24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards held in Los Angeles, United States, Jan 21, 2018. [Photo/VCG]
Traffic, an international NGO that operates a wildlife trade monitoring network, released a report on wildlife cybercrime in China in July. After monitoring 58 social media accounts, the report indicated that China's e-commerce platforms have become major channels for the sale of illegal wildlife products, with more than half of that trade involving elephant ivory.
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Tourists visit the SanfangQixiang (Three Lanes and Seven Alleys), a scenic spot in Fuzhou, capital of Southeast China's Fujian province, Feb 21, 2018. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)
Top gaming players from different cities gathered in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, to play in a League of Legends competition in September 2016. [Photo provided to China Daily]
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Traffic flows through Beijing's central business district in October 2019. [Photo/VCG]