China reporting Labour Day air travel increase

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism in China reported that during the five-day Labour Day holiday (1-5 May), a total of 295 million domestic trips were made in China, up 7.6% year on year, and 28.2% higher than 2019. Domestic tourists spent a total of RMB167bn ($23.5bn) on travel, up 12.7% year on year, or 13.5% higher than 2019 (all on a like-for-like basis). Fliggy, China’s premier travel agency, echoed this by saying that average per-capita spending was up “19% year on year”. Internationally, the National Immigration Administration noted that China witnessed a total of 4.76 million border entry-exit trips