Domestic tourism in China saw a robust rebound over the just-ended Golden Week 
holiday. In particular, tourism was booming again in Xi'an, the ancient 
capital. According to the data released by the Xi'an Municipal People's 
Government on October 10, during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day 
holiday this year, Xi'an received 14.7481 million tourists and recorded tourism 
revenue of 11.14 billion yuan. From a horizontal comparison of Chinese cities 
in terms of the number of tourists received, Xi'an made the second rank of the 
top ten popular tourist destinations in China.

This year's National Day holiday is the first Golden Week since China has 
returned to normalcy with the epidemic prevention and control. The 8-day 
holiday initially drove people to travel, contributing to gradual recovery of 
the transportation sector, such as travel via airlines, railways and 
automobiles. Such strong travel demand led to a significant recovery in holiday 
tourism.

Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Park received 343,100 tourists; Grand Tang 
Mall received 1,400,900 tourists, and Beiyuanmen Moslem Street (Huimin Jie) 
received 729,900 tourists. As a popular tourist city with a long-standing 
reputation, the tourism of Xi'an is booming again, more attractive and more 
embracing than ever.

Due to the global epidemic, people mostly chose domestic tourist destinations, 
but still the recovery of China's tourism market has sent a "positive signal" 
to the world. To visit Xi'an has become a shared expectation of people from 
many other countries. "Xi'an is one of China's most famous and fascinating 
cities, its very name conjuring up images of enigmatic terracotta warriors and 
exotic Silk Road caravans." On the occasion of the National Day holiday in 
China, the world renowned news agency Reuters published a special issue on its 
website to promote the image of Xi'an, presenting how "Ancient and Modern 
Collide" in the spellbinding ancient capital Xi'an from multiple angles.

In the special issue, Reuters showed the world the charm and vitality of Xi'an 
through 10 impressive articles with highlights on its history, culture, nature, 
sports, scholarship, music, gourmet, technology, and urban development. Xi'an 
has produced a number of "web celebrity attractions" receiving "Likes" from 
netizens at home and abroad for the most profound cultural elements and the 
open, modern and stylish characters.

"Millennium Ancient Capital of Chang'an" With its new tourism brand, this 
vibrant and historic city has sent its invitations to the world, waiting for 
more people from all over the world to discover its beauty and hear its story.

Source: Xi'an Municipal People's Government

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   Caption: South Gate of Xi'an City Wall at dusk