Hotel bookings increased 6-fold during the Lunar New Year holiday
Total efforts to attract tourists from 12 countries including Australia
佛 “Chinese welcome with open arms” he urges
50% of arrivals from China to Milan
United States, Japan and India raise quarantine barriers
While Chinese authorities have announced measures to lift the quarantine of the arrivals facility, overseas travel bookings by the Chinese are exploding. Some countries are regulating entry from China, where the number of confirmed corona19 cases has exploded, while others are sending out friendly signals to catch ‘youkes’ (Chinese tourists).
Beijing Youth Daily reported on the 29th: “After Chinese quarantine authorities announced on the 26th that they would lift the quarantine of foreign arrivals facilities, overseas hotel bookings by Chinese people increased rapidly.” Overseas hotel bookings for the Lunar New Year holiday (January 21-27 next year) on the travel site Trip.com have increased sixfold compared to the same period last year, and accommodation prices in popular hotels have also have increased by more than 40%. The top cities for hotel bookings are concentrated in Asia, including Bangkok, Tokyo, Osaka, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Seoul and Dubai.
Xie Xingchuan, vice president of Northeast Asia at the International Air Transport Association (IATA), told the South China Morning Post (SCMP) that outbound travelers from China will return to 70 percent of the level next year. pre-Corona 19 pandemic. to avoid this, the aviation industry must firmly prepare,” he stressed.
When the Yuker “retaliatory tourism” movement began in earnest, many countries stepped in to attract Chinese tourists. According to the Global Times on the same day, after the announcement of the Chinese government’s overseas travel easing measures, 12 countries, including France, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Thailand, published articles welcoming Chinese tourists through their embassies or tourist agencies means of social communication. The French Embassy in China said, “Chinese people, France welcomes you with open arms,” and the Thailand Tourism Board also expressed expectations, saying, “Thailand has been waiting for you for three years.” Despite the anti-China sentiment that has swept across the world since the Corona 19 pandemic, many countries seem to be enthusiastic about “China Money”.
The domestic travel industry is also paying close attention to Youke’s return. We are closely following news of the increase in flights from China and the movements of the governments of the two countries regarding tourist visas.
On the other hand, some countries are raising quarantine barriers for new arrivals from China. On this day, Reuters reported, citing the Italian health authorities, that “about 50% of passengers arriving in Milan from China on the 26th have been confirmed to be infected with Corona 19”. If a new mutation is found in them, stricter regulations are expected to apply to new arrivals from China. Earlier, the United States, Japan and India announced they would tighten the quarantine for people arriving from China.
Correspondent Ryu Ji-young in Beijing, journalist Kim Hyun-yi in Seoul
