During this Spring Festival holiday, Beijing's tourism market saw robust growth, with many indicators hitting record highs. On a comparable basis, the city received 17.495 million tourists, up by 37.4 percent year-on-year, and saw a 40.6 percent year-on-year increase in tourism revenue which reached CNY 28.65 billion.

The top ten areas and scenic spots in Beijing in terms of visitor arrivals were Wangfujing (2.52 million visitors), Qianmen Street (1.322 million visitors), Nanluoguxiang (South Luogu Lane) (1.216 million visitors), Temple of Heaven Park (1.15 million visitors), the Summer Palace (1.017 million visitors), Yuanmingyuan (the Old Summer Palace) (711,000 visitors), Ditan Park (699,000 visitors), Longtan Park (597,000 visitors), the Badaling Great Wall (546,000 visitors), and SOLANA (475,000 visitors).

Flashmob lion and dragon dances on Wangfujing Walkway

The 13th Chinese Plum and Wintersweet Spring Festival Culture Exhibition at the Summer Palace

The 2nd Lantern Festival at Beijing Expo Park

The rural areas in Beijing welcomed a total of 2.178 million visitors, up by 42.2 percent year-on-year, marking an increase by 72.7 percent compared with the same period in 2019. The top three districts in terms of visitor arrivals were Yanqing District (1.32 million visitors), Fangshan District (235,000 visitors) and Huairou District (214,000 visitors).

Beijing Yeya Lake National Wetland Park

During the Spring Festival holiday, a total of 2,145 cultural events in 10 categories, such as garden parties, temple fairs, dragon dances, huahui (a collection of folk cultural performances for the celebration of several traditional Chinese festivals), and cultural carnivals were launched in Beijing, with a total of 4,220 sessions and 11.39 million participants.

The Spring Festival temple fair at Ditan Park

2024 Spring Festival Temple Fair at Shijingshan Amusement Park

Badachu Park Spring Festival Garden Party

Garden parties and temple fairs such as the Ditan Park Temple Fair, Longtan Park Temple Fair, Changdian Temple Fair, and Badachu Park Spring Festival Garden Party became the best choices for locals and tourists in the city during the Spring Festival holiday. On February 10 (the first day of the first month of the Chinese calendar), Longtan Park Temple Fair welcomed 140,000 tourists, and on the next day, Ditan Park Temple Fair received 220,000 tourists. During the Spring Festival holiday, the major temple fairs and garden parties received a total of 5.164 million visitors.

A lion dance performance on Qianmen Street

A performance presented by actors dressed in festive colors marks the grand opening of the night tours of the Badaling Great Wall during the Spring Festival holiday.

Also during the holiday, 97 theaters in Beijing presented a total of 248 commercial performances in 1,513 sessions, attracting an audience of about 310,000 people, with a box office revenue of CNY 49.275 million. On a comparable basis, the number of sessions and audience, as well as the box office revenue increased by 24.8 percent, 25.3 percent, and 28.2 percent respectively year-on-year.

Peking opera "Great Sage Equalling Heaven"

Irish tap dance show "Spirit of the Dance"

(Source: WeChat Official Account "Wenlv Beijing")