SHANGHAI, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- More than 150 major tourist spots in Shanghai saw 6.5 million tourist visits in the first six days of an eight-day national holiday, more than the figure in the same period last year, the municipal culture and tourism bureau said on Tuesday.
The stellar number came despite tourist attractions across the city required to cap their visitor flows at 75 percent of full capacity as an epidemic-control measure.
Tourism experts attributed the rise in tourist visits to a higher enthusiasm for traveling among the public as well as more diverse choices of tourist destinations.
On Tuesday, the Shanghai Oriental Pearl Tower, one of the city's most well-known landmarks, saw 18,000 tourist visits, around 90 percent of the figure on the same day last year. Enditem
