China's most populous cities saw a spike in outbound travellers, tourists and day-trippers on May 1, first day of a long holiday weekend, led by ...
Visitors wearing face masks practise social distancing as they line up to enter the Forbidden City before its reopening on the first day of the five-day Labour Day holiday following the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Beijing, China May 1, 2020. REUTERS/Tingshu WangBEIJING: China's most populous cities saw a spike in outbound travellers, tourists and day-trippers on May 1, the first day of a long holiday weekend.
The spike in tourism was led by increases in travellers from Wuhan, Beijing, Dalian, Tianjin and Jinan, with China having eased curbs on travel and relaxed rules on quarantine amid dwindling cases of the coronavirus. The country recorded more than 23 million domestic tourists on May 1, according to China's culture and tourism ministry.The Ministry of Transportation expects 23.36 million travellers a day during the period, up from 19.9 million per day during the Apr 4-6 Tomb Sweeping holiday.
The expected drop is partly because China has capped visitors to tourist spots at 30 per cent of capacity to adhere to social distancing rules.
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