Many assumed that a torrent of travelers would be lining up to venture outside of China after three years of harsh 'zero-Covid' policies.
"For the last holidays, like Dragon Boat race festival, the domestic tourism level was already back to 2019 levels. Outbound travel is only back to about one-third of 2019 levels [in terms] of number of trips."of China's border reopening.
However, travel plans to go elsewhere, most notably the United States, have dropped, according to the survey, which was summarized inA senior analyst at the company, Scott Moskowitz, attributed this to two main factors: flight capacity and geopolitics. The war in Ukraine has further exacerbated issues because North American carriers cannot fly through Russian air space which makes flights between China and North America longer and more expensive, he said.
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