BEIJING — China saw a total of 95.98 million domestic tourist trips made during the three-day Dragon Boat Festival holiday, up 7.7 percent from the same period in 2018, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

Tourism revenue reached 39.33 billion yuan ($5.7 billion) during the holiday which lasts from June 7 to 9, up 8.6 percent year-on-year, according to the ministry.

Various activities staged across China to celebrate this year’s Cultural and Natural Heritage Day, which fell on June 8, also attracted a large number of tourists, according to the ministry.

Trips to coastal cities surged during the holiday, said the ministry.