After three years of COVID-19 hindrances, China is expected to see a surge in domestic and international travel during the upcoming May Day holiday. The volume of arriving and departing passengers at Beijing Capital International Airport has been increasing rapidly, with daily domestic flights operated reaching 118 percent of levels seen in the same period of 2019 before the pandemic. Popular destinations include domestic cities and some Asian cities such as Chengdu, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Macao, Tokyo, Bangkok, and Singapore. Tokyo has seen increasing popularity as an overseas tourist destination, and the search volumes of flights from Shanghai to Tokyo have surged recently. Carriers have been increasing their international flight capacity to meet growing demand. For the domestic travel market, the daily average number of domestic passenger flights so far in April has exceeded 12,000 and surpassed the same period of 2019. During the May Day holiday, the number of daily flights operated is expected to reach 13,000, up 10 percent over 2019 levels. Prices of domestic flight tickets will be 30 percent more expensive than 2019, according to VariFlight.