Sales rocketed to over 800 million yuan during the seven-day Spring Festival holiday in Xicheng district, according to district commission of commerce. Clothes, gold jewelry, new year gift packages were the main targets of the spending. Besides, sales of fireworks and firecrackers, restaurant meals and traditional food like cakes and dumplings all roared during the holidays.
Twelve big department stores in Xicheng district including Joy City, Zhongyou store, Xidan Store, Juntai Store, Fuxing Mall and Jiamao Mall totaled 400 million yuan, accounting for 50% of the total sales of Xicheng district during the Spring Festival holiday.
As for small commodity markets, Tianyi market reaches a daily sale of 9 million on average during the 3 days before spring festival holiday and 1 million on average during the holiday. Mingzhu market also reaches an average of 1.2 million before the holiday and 0.7 million during the holiday.
The commission of commerce of Xicheng district sampled 162 major restaurants and found they took 1.8753 million yuan between Feb 13 and 19, a jump of 14.63 percent on last year.
During the holiday, according to district tourism bureau, ticket revenue of scenery sights of the whole district reached7.12 million yuan, increasing 0.03% compared to last year.
