China Dragon Boat Festival Travel Jumps, Spending Muted

Domestic travel continued to rebound during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, but per capita spending has yet to return to pre-pandemic levels, signaling that there is still some way to go before China’s tourism industry fully picks up as the economy’s uneven recovery continues to weigh on spending.

Some 110 million trips were made on the Chinese mainland during the three-day break that ended Monday, up 6.3% year-on-year and 14.6% from the same holiday in 2019, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Total tourism spending hit 40.4 billion yuan ($5.7 billion), up 8.1% on the year and a 2.6% increase from 2019.

Source : Caixin