China domestic tourism picks up over Lunar New Year as Covid-19 curbs end

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BEIJING - Almost a quarter more domestic Chinese tourism trips have been made during this year's Lunar New Year holiday, while cross-border travel more than doubled in the first six days of the week-long break following the end of strict Covid-19 curbs. A total of 308 million tourism trips within China have been made during the current holiday period, up...

First batch of Chinese tourists arrived at Ngurah Rai International Airport following the Chinese Government's resumption of travel for citizens in Bali, Indonesia, on Jan 22, 2023BEIJING - Almost a quarter more domestic Chinese tourism trips have been made during this year's Lunar New Year holiday, while cross-border travel more than doubled in the first six days of the week-long break following the end of strict Covid-19 curbs.

China in December began dismantling its stringent zero-Covid measures after nearly three years that saw intermittent citywide lockdowns, slower economic growth and a disrupted tourism and hospitality sector. From Jan 21 to Jan 26, the first six days of the holiday, a total of 2.39 million trips were made out of and into China, up 123.9 per cent compared with the Jan 31 to Feb 5 period last year, the National Immigration Administration said on Friday, citing data on trips made by various means of transport.Authorities in early January ended a requirement that inbound travellers had to undergo hotel quarantine upon arrival, a policy that had crippled international travel.

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