The first round of travel fever is expected to hit the May Day holidays, after China changed its COVID response in light of the evolving situation, with outbound bookings growing more than tenfold, per data from several travel platforms.
Two tourist groups left Guangzhou, Guangdong province, for Hong Kong by high speed train, while another two groups took special coaches to Macao for sightseeing on Monday morning.
After outbound tourism came to a near standstill over the past three years, tour operators are seeing a rapid recovery of the industry with travelers eager to take advantage of the nation's optimized COVID-19 policies.