After Monday’s announcement that passengers coming into China would no longer face quarantine, citizens are racing to secure vacations in Thailand, Japan and...
Chinese are rushing to book international trips as Beijing lifts restrictions on re-entering the country from abroad.
Minutes after authorities this week announced they would end quarantine and testing requirements for inbound passengers, the country’s top travel sites were flooded with searches and bookings for overseas flights. On Fliggy, the travel platform of Alibaba Group Holding BABA , overseas flight searches have jumped more than 800% this week, with a three-year high for inbound search inquiries, Chinese media outlet Guancha reported.
Li, who said she traveled abroad at least once a year before the pandemic — and before China’s draconian border restrictions — said: “I haven’t left the country in three years. This trip is partly a vacation, but also to escape the COVID chaos.” Authorities on Monday said that beginning Jan. 8, foreign arrivals will no longer be subject to quarantine, and airlines that bring in passengers who test positive will not be penalized — a measure that had riled airline companies for the past year.
But several Chinese workers told MarketWatch they will forgo returning home next month and instead use their time off to travel abroad.
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