May Day holidays boost provincial economies, stimulate employment in Q2

Tourist arrivals and revenue rose in a number of Chinese provinces during the May Day holiday travel rush compared with the same period of 2019, which signals accelerating economic recovery in the coming months. Among the top travel destinations, Central China's Henan Province received 55.18 million visitors in the five-day holidays, an increase of 21.3 percent from 2019, with tourism revenue hitting 31 billion yuan ($4.48 billion), up 7.69 percent from 2019.

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stimulate：刺激；鼓舞

provincial adj. 首都以外的，地方的，省的

rush：冲进；涌现；热 🔥

travel rush：旅游热 🔥

gold rush：淘金热 🔥

accelerate：加速；促进