SHANGHAI - China's inbound and outbound trips surged during the eight-day Golden Week holiday this year, official data showed on Saturday (Oct 7), beating pre-pandemic levels but lower than an earlier
The average number of inbound and outbound passenger trips a day reached 1.477 million during the longer-than-normal break, as the Mid-Autumn festival coincided with the National Day holiday this year, which ended on Friday, the National Immigration Administration said.
The rebound in international travel by Chinese tourists will be a boon to many tourism-dependent businesses around the world. Booking platforms and agencies say Chinese tourists looking to go abroad favour cheaper Asian destinations, with Thailand by far the preferred choice after it introduced a visa waiver programme.
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