SHANGHAI, Jan 14 ― People in China are resuming travel ahead of the Lunar New Year, despite worries about infections after Beijing dropped Covid-19 curbs last month, with air...
SHANGHAI, Jan 14 ― People in China are resuming travel ahead of the Lunar New Year, despite worries about infections after Beijing dropped Covid-19 curbs last month, with air passenger volumes recovering to 63 per cent of 2019 levels since the annual travel season began.
Since the January 7 start of the annual migration, as Chinese return to their hometowns in preparation for the holiday set to begin on January 21, flight passenger numbers stand at 63 per cent of the 2019 figure before the pandemic, the aviation regulator said. In the gambling hub of Macau, yesterday's 46,000 daily inbound travellers were the highest number since Covid-19 emerged in early 2020, the majority from the mainland, the city government said. It expects a Spring Festival boom in tourism.Cinema box office receipts are on track to generate revenue of as much as 10 billion yuan during the Spring Festival period, a brokerage has forecast.
According to Guosen Securities, box office revenues in 2022 totalled less than 30 billion yuan, down 36 per cent from a year earlier.However, infections are expected to surge in rural areas as hundreds of millions return home from big cities. In addition, surging demand for health checks on those who have recovered from Covid is boosting hospital demand for CT scanning equipment, the China Securities Journal said.One Chinese expert has warned that the worst of the outbreak has not yet passed, media outlet Caixin said this week.
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