A total of 8.172 million tourists visited Beijing during the Mid-Autumn Festival, which brought with them an influx of CNY 10.36 billion.

Beijing parks welcomed 1.344 million visitors over the three days of the festival, with Temple of Heaven Park ranking second in terms of visitors.

[Photo courtesy of Beijing Municipal Administration Center of Parks]

1.344 million people visited 11 Beijing parks and the Museum of Chinese Gardens and Landscape Architecture, a 38.9 percent increase over last year. The 2024 Beijing Color Lantern Festival lit-up Beijing Garden Expo Park, with 139,000 people visiting nine thematic areas over three days to take in upwards of 200 special set pieces and 100,000 lanterns. It was the largest lantern festival and gathering of intangible cultural heritage craftsman ever. Since kicking off, CIFTIS has brought nearly 100,000 visitors to Shougang Park every day, and 724 travel agencies have organized 117,700 tourist groups, an increase of 43 percent over 2019.

The top ten attractions by visitors are: Wangfujing Street - 1.17 million, Qianmen Street - 392,000, Nanluoguxiang - 367,000, Shougang Park - 312,000, the Summer Palace - 270,000, the Temple of Heaven - 269,000, SOLANA - 244,000, Olympic Forest Park - 219,000, Olympic Park - 190,000, and Ditan Park - 186,000.

Rural tourism also enjoyed an uptick in interest, receiving 1.455 million visitors and generating revenue of CNY 170.54 million. The top three rural destinations are: Yanqing District - 442,000 visitors, Miyun District - 360,000, and Huairou District - 280,000.

According to the 2024 World Conference on Tourism Cooperation and Development, Beijing welcomed nearly 250 million visitors between January and August, generating revenue in excess of CNY 450 billion, an all-time record for the period. Meanwhile, Beijing received more than 2.3 million inbound tourists, more than twice as many as in the same period last year..

Sources: The Beijing News, Xinhua News Agency