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Red tourism a hit for May Day holiday travel Xinhua | Updated: 2021-05-02 19:54 Share CLOSE People visit the memorial site of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Shanghai, May 1, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
SHENZHEN/CHANGSHA - Twelve-year-old Zhou Xinyue planned the May Day holiday trip for her family. Instead of going to the beach, she chose four revolutionary sites in South China s Guangdong province. I ve heard my classmates talking about the East River Column, but I don t know much about its history, so I wanted to visit the memorial to learn about it. My parents and elder brother were happy to join me, she said.
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02 May 2021, 21:49 GMT+10
SHENZHEN/CHANGSHA, May 2 (Xinhua) Twelve-year-old Zhou Xinyue planned the May Day holiday trip for her family. Instead of going to the beach, she chose four revolutionary sites in south China s Guangdong Province. I ve heard my classmates talking about the East River Column, but I don t know much about its history, so I wanted to visit the memorial to learn about it. My parents and elder brother were happy to join me, she said. Revolutionary sites have become a travel hit during the May Day holiday. As of 3 p.m. on Saturday, the first day of the five-day holiday, 13 red tourism sites in Guangdong received 23,000 visits during the holiday, up by 298.9 percent year on year, according to the provincial culture and tourism department.
2021-05-02 11:35:38 GMT2021-05-02 19:35:38(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
Photo taken on May 1, 2021 shows tourists visiting the former site of Zhazidong detention house in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)
SHENZHEN/CHANGSHA, May 2 (Xinhua) Twelve-year-old Zhou Xinyue planned the May Day holiday trip for her family. Instead of going to the beach, she chose four revolutionary sites in south China s Guangdong Province. I ve heard my classmates talking about the East River Column, but I don t know much about its history, so I wanted to visit the memorial to learn about it. My parents and elder brother were happy to join me, she said.
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