Beijing receives over 4 mln tourists during Dragon Boat Festival

Tourists visit the Palace Museum in Beijing, capitial of China, May 30, 2017, the last day of China's Dragon Boat Festival holiday. [Photo: Xinhua]

The 177 scenic spots in Beijing received a total 4.11 million tourists during the three-day Dragon Boat Festival that began on Sunday, the municipal commission of tourism development said Tuesday.

Though the number of tourists basically remained the same as last year, revenue climbed to 136 million yuan (20 million U.S. dollars) during the festival, up 6.1 percent year on year, the commission said.

In addition to the traditional activities of dragon boat racing and wrapping rice dumplings that attracted tourists from home and abroad, creative tourist programs such as Chinese classical music culture exhibition in the Summer Palace and a watermelon carnival at its producing area in suburban Beijing also drew a lot of tourists.