Xinjiang tours a hit in "golden-week" holiday

A shop owner prepares to make handicraft for sale in the ancient city of Kashgar, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Feb. 16, 2019. Xinjiang has received more than 3 million tourists during the week-long Spring Festival holiday in 2019, up over 71 percent year on year, according to the regional department of culture and tourism. The number of tourists to Xinjiang exceeded 150 million last year, up more than 40 percent. It aims to achieve 40-percent growth for both tourist numbers and income in 2019, making tourism a pillar industry and a major source of income for local people. (Xinhua/Zhao Ge)