Beijing - China saw about 24 million domestic tourist trips made during the Qingming Festival, which falls on Wednesday, up 22.7 percent from last year, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

Tourists take boats at the West Lake scenic area in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, April 5, 2023. People come outdoors for leisure and enjoy the beauty of spring during the Qingming festival, also known as Tomb-Sweeping Day, on Wednesday. (Photo/Long Wei, Xinhua)

The trips were estimated to bring in 6.52 billion yuan (about 945 million U.S. dollars) in tourist revenue, an increase of 29 percent year on year, said the ministry.

Unlike previous years, this year's Qingming Festival, or Tomb-Sweeping Day, did not feature three straight days off through a weekend, meaning that many Chinese people took one-day sightseeing tours.

Data from Alibaba's travel branch Fliggy shows that bookings for tourism products soared six-fold on Wednesday compared with last year, with museums and amusement parks being hot destinations.