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To prevent the sporadic resurgence of COVID-19, China encouraged people to stay put over the holiday this year, which lasted from Feb. 11 to 17.

China will gain 3.3 trillion yuan in revenue from domestic tourism in 2021, an increase of 48 percent year on year, read the report.

From Feb 11 to Feb 17, a total of 98.42 million passenger trips were made, plunging by 76.8 percent compared with that during the Spring Festival holiday in 2019.

In the wholesale and retail sectors, sales revenue rose by 27.9 percent during the holiday from the previous Spring Festival break, the data showed.

Readers are seen at a bookstore in Xining, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Feb. 17. 2021. Many citizens are seen spending their Spring Festival holiday in book stores.