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Major Chinese cities including Beijing and Shanghai have seen a full recovery in the tourism and consumption sectors during the recent three-day Dragon Boat Festival holidays, with certain indicators exceeding that of 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to official data on Sunday.

Short-haul trips with travel times of around one to two hours by rail have proved best sellers, according to travel agencies.

This kind of barrel is a traditional tool used by the locals to conduct agricultural activities on water including fishing, water chestnuts and lotus seedpods picking.

To greet the Dragon Boat Festival, which falls on June 22 this year, a total of 47 teams from both sides of the Taiwan Strait took part in the dragon boat race in the coastal city of Xiamen.

During the period, average daily railway passenger trips are expected to reach 5.4 million, up 2 million trips per day from the May Day holiday, China Railway said.