The just-finished three-day Tomb-Sweep-ing Day holiday， which started on Thursday，saw a tourism boom both in traveler numbersand tourism-related revenues.

According to the latest release by the Min-istry of Culture and Tourism on Saturday eve-ning， domestic destinations nationwide re-ceived about 119 million visits during the holi-day， up 11.5 percent from that in 2019 — thetime before the epidemic hit. The holiday onlyhad one day off last year and saw around 23.77million domestic travels.

The travel boom this year， generated atourism- related consumption of about 54 bil-lion yuan （$7.47 billion） over the holiday， withthe number marking a rise of 12.7 percent com-pared with that in 2019， the ministry said.

Spring outings， both to domestic attrac-tions and overseas destinations， saw a remark-able increase during the holiday. Figures fromthe ministry show that the Chinese mainlandsaw 1.04 million inbound trips and 992，000heading to overseas destinations.

Some less-known tourism places， such asZibo in the eastern province of Shandong， fa-mous for its barbecue， and Kaifeng in China’scentral Henan province， have become viral des-tinations over the holiday because of their deli-cious cuisines， cultural charms and entertainingevents， said the ministry.

剛剛結(jié)束的三天清明假期（4月4日起）期間，游客數(shù)量和旅游相關(guān)收入均大幅增長。

文化和旅游部6日晚公布數(shù)據(jù)顯示，清明假期3天全國國內(nèi)旅游出游1.19億人次，按可比口徑較 2019 年（疫情前）同期增長11.5%。2023年清明節(jié)假期（一天），全國國內(nèi)旅游出游約2377萬人次。

文旅部表示，今年清明假期期間國內(nèi)游客出游花費(fèi)約540億元，較2019年同期增長12.7%。

假期期間，國內(nèi)游和出境游均大幅增加。文旅部數(shù)據(jù)顯示，入境游客104萬人次，出境游客99.2萬人次。

文旅部表示，因燒烤“出圈”的山東淄博、河南開封等小眾旅游目的地憑借美味佳肴、文化魅力和娛樂活動(dòng)而成為假期出游的熱門目的地。