Did Shanxi’s tourism revenue increase during the Spring Festival holiday?

On the morning of March 9, at the open day held by the Shanxi delegation at the First Session of the 13th National People's Congress, Shanxi Province Governor Lou Yangsheng said that Shanxi has both magnificent natural scenery gifted by God and old people. The immortal cultural heritage created by our ancestors and the precious red genes left by our predecessors are Shanxi’s unique resource endowments for the development of cultural tourism.

Lou Yangsheng introduced that Shanxi should cultivate and build cultural tourism as a pillar industry for transformation and development. In the past three years, Shanxi has received an average annual growth of 23.2% in tourist arrivals, reaching 560 million at the end of last year. Tourism in Shanxi was very popular during the Spring Festival holiday this year, with revenue increasing by 31.8%.

“Last year, we emphasized that on the basis of continuing to build well-known classic brands such as Wutai Mountain, Yungang Grottoes, and Pingyao Ancient City, we will strive to create three new sectors and new brands of the Yellow River, the Great Wall, and Taihang. The purpose is Form a comprehensive tourism pattern and realize Shanxi's magnificent transformation from a major tourism province to a strong tourism province," said Lou Yangsheng.