Blossoming holiday travel indicates trend for year

Chinese people let loose their desire to travel over the Tomb Sweeping Day holiday this past weekend, turning the three-day break into a boost for recovery of the domestic tourism market.

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism said on Monday that the latest figures show that the tourism industry is in a strong and stable recovery.

During the Saturday-to-Monday holiday, Chinese travelers made about 102 million trips to domestic destinations, a year-on-year rise of 144.6 percent and about 94.5 percent of the level in 2019, before the novel coronavirus pandemic.