Chinaseesrobustrecovery,vigorousgrowthincultural,tourismindustries:minister_GuangmingOnlineBEIJING,March11(Xinhua)--TheculturalandtourismindustriesinChinasawstrongrecoveryandvigorousgrowthin2023,SunYeli,ministerofcultureandtourism,saidonMonday."Thetourismboomhasplayedacrucialroleinstimulatingdomesticdemand,promotingemployment,invigoratingthemarketandbolsteringconfidence,"SunremarkedwhilemeetingthepressaftertheclosingofChina'sannualnationallegislativesession.Duringthepastwinterseason,Chinawitnessedanice-and-snowtourismboominitsnortheasternregions.InHeilongjiangProvincealone,fromNovemberlastyeartoFebruary,thenumberoftouristsreached120million,generatingtourismrevenueof170billionyuan(about23.95billionU.S.dollars),accordingtoSun.Theentirecountryalsoexperiencedatourismboomlastyear.Domestictouristsmadenearly4.9billiontripsin2023,withtotaltourismexpenditureapproaching5trillionyuan,hesaid.Themarketforperformingartsalsothrivedlastyear.Approximately440,000commercialofflineshowswerestaged,generatingrevenueofover50billionyuan.Meanwhile,onlineperformingactivitiesprovedtobeevenmorepopular,withrevenuesroughlysurpassing200billionyuanand770millionparticipants,Sunsaid.Editor:DisclaimerTheviewsandopinionsexpressedinthisarticlearethoseoftheauthor's,GMW.cnmakesnorepresentationsastoaccuracy,suitability,orvalidityofanyinformationonthissiteandwillnotbeliableforanyerrors,omissions,ordelaysinthisinformation.