Chinese tourist’s wanderlust unleashed after restrictions eased

16-01-23

The volume of international flight tickets booked for travel on Jan 8 surged 628 per cent year-on-year, hitting a level not seen since March 2020.

BEIJING – Chinese tourists have shown their enthusiasm to once again venture overseas after the government eased COVID-19 restrictions on international travel on Sunday. Singapore and Thailand have become hot overseas tourist destinations, and the return of Chinese tourists will bring new vitality to the global tourism market, experts said.

Beginning Sunday, quarantine-free cross-border travel resumed in China after nearly three years of restrictions.

The volume of international flight tickets booked for travel on Sunday surged 628 percent year-on-year, hitting a level not seen since March 2020, and the booking volumes of outbound and inbound flights each accounted for half of the total, according to Tongcheng Travel, a Suzhou-based online travel agency.