China’s Travel Rush Over Holiday Sees Tourism and Spending Soar
People visiting Fuzimiao tourist area in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, April 27.
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China’s tourism and consumer activities rose sharply on the first day of the five-day Labor Day holiday, as residents rushed to travel and spend after three years of Covid restrictions finally ended.
Some 19.7 million railway trips were made across the country on Saturday, the highest on record for a single day, local media The Paper reported citing data from China Railway Group Ltd. The railway operator expects traffic to rise to a record 120 million passengers for the extended holiday period, up 20% from the same period in 2019, before the pandemic struck.