Guilin Xiangshan Scenic Area is crowded with visitors during the Spring Festival holiday. [Photo by You Yongjun/Nanguo Morning Post]

Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region's cultural tourism market witnessed a strong increase during the week-long Spring Festival holiday, which ran from Jan 21 to 27.

Cities in Guangxi launched a series of events that featured performances, exhibitions, tourism and shopping to entertain local residents and visitors.

Nanning, capital of Guangxi, received 5.4 million tourists during the holiday, recording a year-on-year growth of 101.67 percent. Its total tourism consumption went up by 103.57 percent, and reached 2.77 billion yuan ($407.61 million).

Guilin welcomed 3.76 million tourists during the holiday with a total tourism consumption of 3.46 billion yuan.

The number of tourists visiting Liuzhou during the holiday reached 3.73 million, bringing their total tourism consumption to 2.36 billion yuan.

Beihai's tourist numbers reached 1.86 million, which is 34 percent more than that in 2019, before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Its total tourism consumption was 1.42 billion yuan.

Moreover, Wuzhou received 1.71 million visitors and recorded a total tourism consumption of 1.16 billion yuan.