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Dragon dance in north China's Tianjin municipality, January 26, 2023. /CFP
Sales revenue of China's consumption-related sectors during the week-long Spring Festival holiday went up 12.2 percent from last year, tax data showed Friday.
The revenue saw an average annual growth of 12.4 percent during the period compared with the same holiday in 2019, the pre-COVID-19 period, according to the value-added tax data released by the State Taxation Administration.
The recovery of tourism and accommodation services was accelerated. The revenue of travel agencies and related services surged 130 percent during the holiday from last year, recovering to 80.7 percent of the Spring Festival holiday in 2019, the data showed.
Tourist hotels and hotel chains saw their sales revenue increase by 16.4 percent and 30.6 percent respectively from last year, showed the data.
Meanwhile, consumption of daily necessities maintained steady growth, with sales revenue of basic living commodities such as grain, oil and food surging by 31.5 percent from the previous Spring Festival.
The Spring Festival holiday, which began on January 21 this year, is the biggest occasion for family reunions and heralds the beginning of spring.
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