Tourists watch lion dance in Tancheng County of Linyi, east China's Shandong Province, on Jan. 29, 2025. China witnessed a record 501 million domestic tourist trips during the eight-day Spring Festival holiday that ended on Tuesday, up 5.9 percent year on year, according to data released by the country's Ministry of Culture and Tourism on Wednesday.

Tourists spent over 677 billion yuan (about 94.43 billion U.S. dollars) on their domestic trips during the holiday, a 7 percent year-on-year increase, data showed. (Photo by Zhang Chunlei/Xinhua)