Tourists crowd the promenade on the Bund during the National Day holiday in Shanghai, China, 7 October 2014. More than 8.8 million tourists flocked to the city during the weeklong National Day holiday ª a year-on-year increase of 15.8 percent, officials said Tuesday (7 October 2014). Tourism revenue over the holiday break that ended yesterday rose 10.5 percent to 8.26 billion yuan (US$1.35 billion), said the Shanghai Holiday Coordinating Office. Fine weather, plus a variety of activities during the Shanghai Tourism Festival which ended on Monday, helped bring the hike in visitor numbers to a total of 8.81 million, according to the office. Among the most popular destinations were the Yuyuan garden area, the Nanjing Road Pedestrian Mall and the Bund. They attracted 3.3 million, 8.1 million and 5.22 million people respectively, the office said. According to the Shanghai Commission of Commerce, sales in the city¯s 465 retailers increased 10.4 percent from a year earlier to 6.45 billion yuan during the holiday. The rate was 4.9 percentage points faster than that during the weeklong Spring Festival early this year.
