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Baotou attracts 198,000 tourists during Spring Festival

2016-02-17 (chinadaily.com.cn)

Baotou, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, was a hot spot for tourists during the week-long Spring Festival holiday. About 198,000 tourists swarmed into the city during Feb 7-13, an increase of 13 percent compared to last year. Gross tourism revenue increased 24 percent on the previous year to about 100 million yuan ($16 million).

Folk culture, winter sports and village leisure tourism were popular among visitors, with skiing, skating, ice sculpture viewing, vegatable picking and hot springs being hot items.

Tourists at a ski resort in the Nanhai Lake Park in Baotou. [Photo/Baotou Daily]
People visit Baotou Municipal Museum during the Spring Festival. [Photo/chinamuseum.org.cn]