China’s domestic consumption is expected to further revive during the upcoming May Day holidays, which will fall from April 29 to May 3, amid a boom in travel.
As of April 20, searches for domestic flights on Chinese online travel service Trip.com had risen more than 290 percent year-on-year, while recovering to 110 percent of the same period in 2019. Searches for hotels increased more than nine times year-on-year and nearly doubled compared with 2019, data by Trip.com showed. More than 80 percent of surveyed netizens plan to travel during the holidays, compared with just 38.1 percent last year, data from the iiMedia Research Institute showed on Sunday.
Zhang Yi, CEO of the iiMedia Research Institute, said that traveling within provinces, cities and cross-provincial trips are the top trends. According to a survey by the institute, 39.7 percent of respondents preferred traveling within their provinces, 24.6 percent chose their local cities and 21.4 percent selected cross-provincial travel.
Outbound tours are also picking up. The first group of post-pandemic Chinese tourists to visit Tanzania, and they arrived on Saturday local time, China Media Group reported. Data from Trip.com showed that searches for outbound flights had recovered to 120 percent of the same period of 2019.
While the nation is set to witness a travel boom, Zhang outlined some challenges, stressing the importance for companies and responsible authorities to prepare and deploy (部署) appropriate responses. Local authorities and companies have been stepping up efforts to ensure a smooth travel experience for the holidays.
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