Winter sports enthusiasts hang out at a ski resort in Jilin city. It boasts two top resorts – the Beidahu Ski Resort and the Lake Songhua Resort. [Photo/Jilin Daily]

Northeast China's Jilin province recently recorded a particularly strong performance in its tourism industry, with revenue generated by the sector during the Spring Festival holiday period coming in at 11.18 billion yuan ($1.66 billion).

This represented impressive year-on-year growth of 33.31 percent, according to local media reports.

Over the seven-day break on Jan 21-27, tourists made 11.55 million trips to the province, a year-on-year increase of 23.61 percent. The growth rate was 3.31 percentage points higher than the national average.

Glorious rime festoons trees in Jilin city. The city's rime ice is known as one of the four meteorological wonders of China and is unique because it is thick and crystal clear. [Photo/Jilin Daily]

Among the top 10 popular niche destinations for the Spring Festival holiday period according to Mafengwo – a Chinese travel SNS website – Changbai Mountains and Yanji city in Jilin province were selected. What's more, Changbai Mountains topped the list.

Water rafting, snowmobiles, ice fishing, skiing and hot springs in the Changbai Mountains were among the hot favorites of visitors.