Demand on tourism burst as the Minsu market’s recovery sped up during the May Day holiday. Oceans of tourists flooded into Zibo in China’s Shandong Province for its BBQ,     1     drove its Minsu market to boom. According to the online booking site Tujia, Minsu’s average room price remained lower than the national average level, but     2     (it) booking number increased three times in Shandong Province during the May Day vacation.

    3     (base) on Tujia statistics, other cities in Shandong Province also showed remarkable performances on Minsu bookings. Qingdao and Weihai were among China’s top ten tourism destinations.     4     former even surpassed (超过) Chengdu and Chongqing for the first time to take the number one spot.     5     (additional), the booking numbers in Yantai, Jinan, Rizhao and Tai’an of Shandong Province also     6     (see) a good performance.

The Minsu in rural areas still gain     7     (popular), with the booking number     8     (account) for nearly 40% of the total, according to Tujia.

Among customers booking the Minsu in rural areas, the “post-80” and “post-90” generations are still the mainstream. The     9     (hot) types of accommodations are lofts, inns, and single-family villas. Besides, fruit and vegetable picking, DIY activities, and food-tasting events are the top choices     10     holiday activities.

Xinjiang is now in a harvest season. Last week, CCTV teams traveled to Xinjiang     1     (record) these joyous events from different angles using photography, live broadcasts in multiple languages and interviews.

Xinjiang is rich in natural resources, which benefit from     2     (it) unique climatic conditions. The enough sunlight and large temperature differences between day and night make the region     3     ideal place to grow crops.

Xinjiang offers a wide     4    (various) of fruits, and many say Aksu Prefecture (城镇) has the best apples in the region. Aksu has witnessed rapid development in apple industry. Today, its apples are highly sought-after at home and abroad. If apples are not unique enough, sea buckthorn (沙棘枣) can     5     (definite) be called a name card of Xinjiang fruit. It contains plenty of vitamin C, even     6    (high) than kiwifruit. Farmers in northern Xinjiang are now harvesting the small yellow fruit,     7     sweet taste makes them ideal for making juice. China’s output of sea buckthorn fruit accounts for 90 percent of the world’s total.

    8     the largest cotton-growing area in the country, Xinjiang recorded 5.16 million tons of cotton output in 2020. Modern agricultural machinery     9     (adopt) in cotton picking in recent years,     10     (boost) the development of the industry and benefiting local farmers.