Beijing sees robust tourism during Dragon Boat Festival

BEIJING, June 11 (Xinhua) -- The three-day Dragon Boat Festival has seen robust tourism in Beijing, as it received a total of 7.79 million visitors during the holiday between Saturday and Monday.

According to the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, more than 2,100 cultural and tourism events were launched to attract visitors, whose total tourism spending topped 10 billion yuan (about 1.38 billion U.