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Tourism flourishes as Kashi gears for Spring Festival gala

Photo taken on Feb 4, 2024, shows actors performing at the entrance to the ancient city of Kashi scenic area in Kashgar, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. [Photo/xjtpw.xjdaily.com]

This year, Kashi prefecture in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region is one of the four branch venues of the annual CCTV Spring Festival Gala, the most-watched TV gala of the country.

Visitors from across the country filled the streets of Kashi, enjoying a diversity of local cultural elements and delicacies.

Photo taken on Feb 4, 2024 shows tourists visiting the night market at the ancient city of Kashi scenic area in Kashgar, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. [Photo/xjtpw.xjdaily.com]

A child and his family stroll through the night market at the ancient city of Kashi scenic area in Kashi, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. [Photo/xjtpw.xjdaily.com]

Decorative lights inscribed with Chinese poetry are installed on trees along a street in Kashi, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. [Photo/xjtpw.xjdaily.com]

Visitors browse selections at a jewelry store in Kashi, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. [Photo/xjtpw.xjdaily.com]

A vendor sells local delicacy at a night market in Kashi, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. [Photo/xjtpw.xjdaily.com]

Tourists sample fruits and juice at a night market in Kashi, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. [Photo/xjtpw.xjdaily.com]

Tourists buy roasted goose eggs from a food stand at a night market in Kashi, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. [Photo/xjtpw.xjdaily.com]