Tourists play on snow tubes at Oynak ski resort in Moyu County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 9, 2022. Located on the southern brim of the Taklimakan Desert, Moyu County barely snows in winter. In order to boost its winter tourism and extend the tourism season, the county built Oynak ski resort by making artificial snow, fueling people's passion for winter sports here. (Photo: Xinhua)

In 2021, Chinese people made 3.25 billion domestic tourism trips, an increase of 367 million or 12.8 percent from 2020, bouncing back to 54.0 percent of the pre-pandemic levels in 2019, according to a sample survey.

Domestic tourism consumption totaled 2.92 trillion yuan（$461 billion）, an increase of 690 billion yuan or 31.0 percent over 2020, recovering to 51.0 percent of 2019 level.

Tourism consumption made by urban residents rose 31.6 percent to 2.36 trillion yuan while the spending by rural residents increased 28.4 percent to 550 billion yuan.

Per capita consumption per trip was 899.28 yuan, an increase of 125.14 yuan or 16.2 percent from 2020.