China Sees Rebound in Travel, Leisure Sectors as Covid-19 Lockdowns End

China’s economy is showing gradual signs of recovery as the lifting of Covid-19 lockdowns spurs demand for travel and leisure, with bookings for airline tickets, hotels, and movie theaters all jumping on a week-on-week basis, industry data show.

The number of domestic passenger flights rose 10.6% to 56,166 last week from the previous week, the fourth consecutive week-on-week increase, according to VariFlight, an aviation industry data provider, although flights are still 27% lower than a year earlier, the data show.