AreportbyChinaTourismAcademyandCtrip,aleadingtravelwebsite,estimatedthatChinesetouristsspentmorethan300billionyuan(US$45billion)thissummerontravelingtoescapetheheatandabout500milliontripsweremadeinJulyandAugust.
Seniors,teachersandstudentsonsummerbreak,aswellasresidentsofsomeChinesecitieswithextremelyhotweather,werethecentralcontributorstothe鈥渟ummereconomy,鈥漵aidthereport.