As many Chinese plan to stay put during the upcoming Spring Festival holidays amid COVID-19 outbreaks, bookings for local hotels, winter tourism and theme park tourism are surging rapidly, though cross-provincial travel might be impacted, according to industry data on Thursday.
China’s consumer market is on track for restorative growth this year despite sporadic COVID-19 outbreaks, the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) said on Tuesday, vowing wide-ranging moves to boost consumption, a vital pillar of the world’s second-largest economy.