Home | China | World | Business Nanjing City Attracts More Visitors SUN, FEB 24, 2002     Nanjing, the capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, received a record 1.2 million tourists, including10,000 from overseas, during the past Spring Festival holidays. Sources show the tourists spent 931 million yuan (about 113 million U.S. dollars). Nanjing, the capital of six dynasties, has rich tourism resources. It also stages special activities at scenic spots like Plum Blossom Hill, Sun Yat-sen's Mausoleum, Xuanwu Lake and others. Also, during the holidays over 5,000 local residents traveled abroad, up 11 percent from last year. The Chinese people's traditional habit of staying at home or at work during holiday periods has changed drastically in recent years. The tourism market during holidays is in very good order, and tourism revenues are on the rise, representing a sound development of what economists call the country's holiday economy. The term holiday economy debuted in 1999, when annual public holidays were increased to 114 days, with three lengthened major holidays. Since then, people have begun to flock to tourist destinations during holidays, giving rise to a boom in domestic consumption. Meanwhile, services, transportation, entertainment and a series oftourism-related industries have been promoted. With the booming holiday tourism market at the beginning of theChinese lunar Year of the Horse, economists believe that the holiday tourism and entertainment industries will become new promoters of the country's economic development in the new century. Editor:Zhong Source:xinhuanet Recommend to your friend email:    China Central Television,All Rights Reserved