BEIJING, May 1 (Xinhua) -- China's marine tourism sector recorded robust growth in the first quarter of the year, with coastal regions reporting strong performances, official data shows.
The sector's value-added output reached 384.2 billion yuan (about 53.4 billion U.S. dollars) in the January-March period, a year-on-year increase of 7.5 percent, according to preliminary estimates from the Ministry of Natural Resources.
