Tourists watch lion dance performance during the New Year holiday at Penglai Pavilion scenic area of Yantai, east China’s Shandong Province, Jan. 2, 2022.Photo:Xinhua
The domestic tourism industry in 2022 is expected to recover to 70 percent of the pre-pandemic level, and the number of trips made in China is estimated to grow 16 percent to 3.98 billion from last year, an industry report said, with domestic tourism players cautiously optimistic on the outlook despite lingering uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hu Yongjun, an official from the China Tourism Academy (CTA), said at an industry forum on Monday that in 2022, the revenue of domestic tourism is likely to total 3.8 trillion yuan ($600 billion), up 27 percent year-on-year.
The number of inbound and outbound tourists in 2022 is expected to grow 20 percent year-on-year, recovering to 20 percent of the 2019 level.
Hu noted that in 2022, if the pandemic is brought under control, the outbound tourism market might…