Chinese museums receive 16 percent more visits in 2018

CHANGSHA, May 18 (Xinhua) -- The number of visitors to museums across China increased by 16 percent year on year to reach 1.13 billion in 2018, said Liu Yuzhu, chief of the National Cultural Heritage Administration (NCHA), on Saturday.

The number of museums increased by 218 year on year to 5,354 in 2018 and they held about 26,000 exhibitions and 260,000 cultural events in 2018, Liu said at an event in Changsha city, capital of central China's Hunan Province, marking the International Museum Day that fell on Saturday.

"With their number growing and their services improving, museums have become a new destination for people to spend festivals and holidays," he said.