Staying put but splurging: China's hotels, restaurants to see Chinese New Year boost

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BEIJING — Hotels and restaurants in China's big cities are bracing for a rush of guests over the Chinese New Year as people forced by Covid-19 curbs to give up plans to go home for family reunions opt instead to stay put and celebrate in other ways.

The week-long holiday, which begins on Monday , is a peak travel period in China with millions heading home from the cities they work in to celebrate with families.

This has meant that many restaurants in big cities, which usually close for the holiday as all their staff head home, are staying open. Occupancy for the InterContinental Hotels Group is also up across China compared with the holiday last year, the company's Greater China chief operating officer Jerome Qiu told Reuters.

"Even if people can't travel, they still have money to spend if they don't spend it on transport," she said. Media worker, Ms Pan Lei, 47, is among Beijing residents staying put and planning to splash out a little.

 

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