Editor's note: China has actively optimized and refined its COVID-19 response as the pathogenicity of the Omicron virus weakens, the vaccination rate rises and the country accumulates experience in containing the virus. Following the adjustment, China's COVID-19 prevention and control efforts will focus on protecting health and preventing severe cases. Four experts share their views on the issue with China Daily.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has given the thumbs up to China’s optimized COVID-19 response measures, saying China’s reopening and the restart of China’s aviation and tourism industry will boost the aviation industry’s global recovery.
After China resumed group tour services to 20 countries and regions in a pilot program, more Chinese tour groups departed on Tuesday for destinations in Southeast Asia and beyond, and bookings for trips to other places like New Zealand are surging, said Chinese travel agencies.
ASEAN countries voiced their commitment to jointly address challenges in developing tourism connectivity with the outside world, as a regional tourism summit concluded in Indonesia on Feb 5.
After three years of the COVID-19 pandemic, global businesses were glad to see Chinese visitors once again arriving at their local tourist attractions and shopping malls over the just concluded Spring Festival holidays. The recovery of Chinese outbound tourism has injected strong vitality to overseas tourism and consumer markets, industry insiders commented.