China s tourism market this summer is expected to surpass the same period in 2019, with 1.3 billion domestic trips being made in the July-August period, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism said on Wednesday.
China s outbound and inbound travel market is booming as the summer travel peak approaches, with online data showing that the country s visa applications for travel overseas is expected to exceed the same period in 2019.
Macao’s GDP rose by 38.8 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2023, recovering to 66.4 percent of the 2019 level, data from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) of the Government of the Macao Special Administrative Region showed on Thursday.
Tourist arrivals and revenue rose in a number of Chinese provinces during the May Day holiday travel rush compared with the same period of 2019, which signals accelerating economic recovery in the coming months.