Domestic tourism maintains rapid growth in China

People pose for photos at the scenic spot of Zhusha town in Tongren City, southwest China's Guizhou Province, May 15, 2018. China's rapid growth in domestic tourism continued in 2018 when the country recorded a total of 5.54 billion domestic tourist trips, up 10.76 percent year-on-year, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced on Jan. 30, 2019. Domestic traveling brought a total of 5.13 trillion yuan (764 billion U.S. dollars) in revenue to the tourism sector last year, registering a 12.3 percent increase compared with 2017, according to the ministry at a press conference. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)