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Most of China's tourist attractions have reported increases in revenue and in numbers of tourists over the past several days of the week-long Spring Festival holiday, according to official figures.

The Feb. 1-7 holiday also produced a boost in revenue for the transportation sector and for the hotel and shopping sectors, according to a report by the official inter-ministry office on national holiday tourism.

The Oriental Pearl Radio and TV transmission tower, one of Shanghai's major tourist attractions, received 19,000 visitors on Thursday (Feb.6) alone, generating 900,000 yuan (109,000 US dollars) in ticket sales.

Shiji (Century) Park in Shanghai reported 18,100 visitors Thursday, up 57.9 percent year on year, with ticket sales rocketing by 310 percent, while Jinjiang Amusement Park reported a 51-percent increase in the number of visitors.

In Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, the number of visitors at various tourist attractions totaled 352,800 Thursday, up 12.7 percent, with ticket sales up 10 percent.

In Haikou, capital of China's southernmost island province of Hainan, "China's Hawaii," star-class hotels reported 78 percent occupancy rates and 100 percent occupancy rates for some.

China encourages holiday travel as a way of expanding consumption and creating jobs.