A tourist poses for a picture with the peach blossoms at Gongzhufu Park in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, on April 3. [Photo/people.com.cn]

Hohhot in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region recently recorded a strong performance in terms of its tourism industry, with revenue generated by the sector during the Qingming Festival holiday period coming in at 247 million yuan ($37.72 million), a year-on-year growth of 58.33 percent, according to local media reports.

Over the three-day break, tourists made 530,300 trips to the city, a year-on-year increase of 28.99 percent.

Most tourists coming to the city chose short tours of the local area, with stops at major tourist attractions such as Daqing Mountain and Dazhao Temple.

To maintain a safe and orderly environment for tourists, the city strengthened epidemic prevention and control measures and introduced extra security patrols and inspections at key tourist attractions, with special arrangements put in place to ensure that adequate numbers of officials were on duty to handle complaints over the holiday period.