Tourism shows strong increase during the May Day holiday
The Longhua Temple Fair in Xuhui District receives big crowds.
The average occupancy rate of hotels in Shanghai hit 73 percent on the first three days of the May Day holiday, up 12 percentage points from the same period in 2019, the city's cultural and tourism authorities revealed on Monday.
Meanwhile, Shanghai recorded 8.9473 million visits by tourists in the three days, according to the Shanghai Administration of Culture and Tourism.
All these reflect strong cultural and tourism recovery of the city with tourists showing a strong willingness to travel during the holiday, the administration said.
A tour group in Shanghai during the holiday
A flourishing scene at shopping malls as big crowds are attracted by performance at Life Hub@Anting, a shopping mall in Jiading District.
The city's riverfront tours welcomed a new highlight during the holiday.
Shanghai's fashionable Suzhou Creek cruise tour has a new stop on offer, as the Zhongshan Park Wharf in Changning District went into operation on Monday.
Meanwhile, the iconic Huangpu River cruise tours recorded 62,400 visits by tourists between Saturday and Monday.
Longhua Temple Fair
