During the May Day holiday, Beijing's cultural and tourism consumption market showed a strong recovery. During the May Day holiday, Beijing received a total of 9.128 million visitors, up 198.2% year-on-year, or 6.6% more than the same period in 2019; achieved a total tourism revenue of 13.46 billion yuan, up 752.3% year-on-year, or 13.9% more than the same period in 2019; per capita consumption of 1,474.4 yuan, up 185.8% year-on-year, or 6.8 percent.

In the list of the most popular destinations in Beijing, the new fashionable and glamorous places attract many fans, Beijing Universal Radio Resort on the second day of the holiday is the highest number of people received since the opening of the park in a single day, Beijing Olympic Forest Park, Qianmen Street and other new Internet-famous places ranked in the top ten of the city's daily tourist attractions. Yuanmingyuan Park around the famous universities such as Tsinghua University and Peking University form a popular punching area, and Wangfujing international-level shopping district has an obvious brand effect and continues to top the list with a daily average reception of about 300,000 people. The Grand Canal boat tour, the depth tour of the central axis, and the route to Beijing to catch examinations have become classic lines.

From May 1 to May 2, the daily visitor reception of the Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven and Beijing Zoo were above 100,000. Wangfujing's daily average visitor reception was above 300,000. From the monitoring situation of 804 three-star and above-star hotels in the city, the average occupancy rate during the holiday period was 77.5%, which was 10% higher than the same period in 2019.

Translator: WANG Yiwen

Reviewer: TANG Yingqi