BEIJING — Tourist attractions across China received a total of 637 million visits during the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday from Oct 1 to 8, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism said on Oct 8.

The figure was 79 percent of the visits made during the same holiday last year on a comparable basis.

Tourism revenue reached 466.56 billion yuan (about $68.5 billion), a recovery of 69.9 percent of the revenue gained in the same period in 2019, according to the ministry.

China celebrates its National Day on Oct 1. This year the week-long holiday is extended to Oct 8 as the Mid-Autumn Festival also falls on Oct 1.