China saw 110 million domestic trips during the three-day Dragon Boat Festival holiday, up 6.3 percent from the previous year, according to the Chinese Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
Tourists also spent 40.35 billion yuan ($5.57 billion dollars) over the holiday that stretched from Saturday to Monday, an increase of 8.1 percent from the same period last year.
A large number of tourists opted for weekend getaways and short-distance travel for activities like picking fruits, experiencing farming life and camping.
Traditional activities from dragon boat races to workshops to make zongzi, a type of pyramid-shaped sticky rice dumplings, were held nationwide to mark the festival that commemorates the life and death of patriotic poet Qu Yuan. After dark events like folk music performances and intangible cultural heritage experiences also gave a boost to nighttime consumption.