Tourism boosts the spring economy during the Qingming Festival holiday
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
An aerial drone photo taken on April 5, 2026 shows people viewing cherry blossoms along the moat during the Qingming Festival holiday in Changshu City, east China’s Jiangsu Province. (Photo by Yang Suping/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on April 4, 2026 shows tourists viewing cherry blossoms during the Qingming Festival holiday in Yangzhou City, east China’s Jiangsu Province. (Photo by Meng Delong/Xinhua)
People visit a museum during the Qingming Festival holiday in Dunhuang City, northwest China’s Gansu Province, April 6, 2026. (Photo by Zhang Xiaoliang/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on April 5, 2026 shows people watching an Ao Fish lantern parade at a scenic area during the Qingming Festival holiday in Xiangyang City, central China’s Hubei Province. (Photo by Yang Dong/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on April 4, 2026 shows fishing lovers participating in a fishing competition during the Qingming Festival holiday in Sihong County of east China’s Jiangsu Province. (Photo by Xu Changliang/Xinhua)
Tourists take boat rides at Nanhu Scenic Area during the Qingming Festival holiday in Jiaxing City, east China’s Zhejiang Province, April 5, 2026. (Photo by Jin Peng/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on April 5, 2026 shows tourists viewing cherry blossoms at a scenic spot during the Qingming Festival holiday in Nantong City of east China’s Jiangsu Province. (Photo by Xu Congjun/Xinhua)
Tourists visit a night fair in a commercial street during the Qingming Festival holiday in Luoyang City, central China’s Henan Province, April 4, 2026. (Photo by Li Weichao/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on April 4, 2026 shows tourists viewing flowers at a scenic area during the Qingming Festival holiday in Xinghua City, east China’s Jiangsu Province. (Photo by Zhou Shegen/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on April 5, 2026 shows tourists enjoying leisure activities on a beach during the Qingming Festival holiday in Lianyungang City, east China’s Jiangsu Province. (Photo by Wang Chun/Xinhua)
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
