MORE than 8.8 million tourists flocked to the city during the weeklong National Day holiday — a year-on-year increase of 15.8 percent, officials said yesterday.

Tourism revenue over the holiday break that ended yesterday rose 10.5 percent to 8.26 billion yuan (US$1.35 billion), said the Shanghai Holiday Coordinating Office.

Fine weather, plus a variety of activities during the Shanghai Tourism Festival which ended on Monday, helped bring the hike in visitor numbers to a total of 8.81 million, according to the office.