The first day of the Dragon Boat Festival saw a total of over 17.27 million domestic tourist trips in China, generating 4.47 billion yuan (0.63 billion U.S. dollars) in tourism income, statistics from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism showed.
With some 10,000 scenic spots across the country reopened ahead of the three-day holiday, a series of normalized epidemic prevention and control measures are in place nationwide to avoid virus transmissions and create a safe travel environment for tourists.
Check out the following pictures and catch a glimpse of how the Chinese spent the first day of their holiday.
A dragon boat race, a traditional Chinese water activity, is held in the city of Chengdu, capital city of southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 25, 2020. /VCG
Tourists at the Haichang Polar Ocean Park in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, June 25, 2020. /VCG
People wearing hanfu – traditional clothing for Han Chinese, an ethnic group that makes up more than 90 percent of the Chinese population – are seen at Fuzimiao, or Confucius Temple, in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, June 25, 2020. /VCG
Tourists experience how to make zongzi, a glutinous-rice dumpling that is a traditional food of Chinese during the Dragon Boat Festival, in Shanghai's rural village, June 25, 2020. /VCG
People hold a dragon boat race in Fuyong Village, Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, June 25, 2020. /VCG
The BFC Bund Fengjing Market, Shanghai's new pedestrian street opened in June, attracts a large number of local residents and tourists at night, June 25, 2020. /VCG
Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional Chinese occasion that is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar. This year, the holiday falls between June 25 and 27.
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(Cover: Tourists at Fuzimiao, or Confucius Temple, in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, June 25, 2020. /VCG)