SHANGHAI: According to official statistics released on Saturday, October 7, China’s inbound and outbound travel increased during the eight-day Golden Week trip this year, recovering to 85 % of their pre-pandemic level but lower than an earlier government estimate.
Due to the fact that the Mid-Autumn event fell on the same day as the National Day holiday this year, which ended on Friday, the average amount of inbound and outbound passenger trips per day reached 1.477 million.
According to the presidency, this was nearly double the average number of trips made in the same time period in 2022, or 85.1 % of the total in 2019. It had previously stated that during the trip, it anticipated an average of 1.58 million regular inbound and outbound customer trips.
Some tourism-dependent businesses around the world will benefit from the resurgence of Chinese tourists’ international travel.
Prior to COVID-19, mainland Chinese visitors spent more than any other nation’s tourists worldwide, totaling a combined US$ 255 billion in 2019, with party tour accounting for roughly 60 % of that.
According to arranging websites and travel agencies, Chinese tourists seeking to travel overseas prefer less expensive Asian locations, with Thailand being by far the best option since the country’s introduction of a visa waiver program.
According to Reuters estimates based on government data released on Friday, spending on private outings during the holiday even exceeded the pre-pandemic stage, with an ordinary expenditure of 911.6 yuan( US$ 124.86 ) per vacation.
When the holiday was seven weeks longer in 2019, it cost 830.8 yuan per journey, while last year’s cost was 680.6.
According to statistics provided by the official Xinhua news agency, travelers made 826 million visits within mainland China, off 71.3 percent from a year ago and 4.1 % higher than in 2019. & nbsp,