Hardly Anybody in China Stayed Home for the Holidays

Hundreds of millions of Chinese travelers crowded tourist hotspots across the country over the week-long Labor Day holiday as the number of tourists and local tourism revenue rebounded to pre-pandemic levels.

Travelers made 274 million domestic trips during the holiday, up 70.83% from last year, according to data from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Revenue from domestic tourism reached 148 billion yuan ($21 billion), an increase of 128.9% from the same period last year, the ministry said. Both figures returned to 2019 levels.