- By Peter Hoskins
- Business reporter
Image source, Getty Images
This year’s Lunar New Year saw huge crowds at tourist attractions across China
Tourism spending in China during the Lunar New Year jumped above pre-Covid levels, official data shows.
Domestic tourism spending hit 632.7 billion yuan ($87.96bn; £69.7bn), about 47% more compared to the same holiday period last year according to government figures.
The celebrations came after years of pandemic lockdowns and restrictions, which were lifted in early 2023.
The data was also boosted as the holiday was a day longer than usual.
The figures for the start of the Year of the Dragon showed that 474m domestic trips were taken during the eight-day break, which ended on Sunday. That was more than 34% higher than last year and 19% above pre-pandemic levels in 2019.
Although authorities did not give a breakdown of the data, calculations based on the official figures show that average spending on each trip was down by…
