China’s domestic travel takes off, but foreign visitors yet to make a comeback
Revenue from domestic tourism is expected to bounce by 23 per cent to 6.03 trillion yuan (US$839 billion) from 2023 to 2024 – exceeding the 5.725 trillion yuan (US$796 billion) revenues achieved in 2019. Tourism in China has been recovering since December 2022, when the country’s zero-Covid policy was dropped, with the number of in-country […]
Tourism booms for China’s ice sculpture city Harbin in post-Covid revival
The 25-year-old’s sympathies were not with the disappointed visitors. “Their demand wasn’t very reasonable, but Harbin still satisfied their requests, so everyone [online] thought Harbin handled it very well and started to pay attention to Harbin,” he said. Li and his friends spent three days in the city last month, keen to see the festival […]