Searches for international flights have surged on Chinese online travel platforms.

(Reuters)

[Financial Channel/Comprehensive Report] After China announced that it would lift the epidemic travel restrictions from January next year (2023), the number of searches for international flights on China’s online travel platforms surged 10 times. In the past 3 years, due to COVID control, people basically Unable to travel abroad.

According to data from Chinese online travel giant Qunar, within 15 minutes after the announcement of the official relaxation of travel restrictions, the number of searches for international air tickets increased sevenfold, with popular destinations including Thailand, Japan and South Korea.

Demand for international travel among Chinese citizens exploded after Beijing announced on Monday that it would no longer require inbound passengers to be quarantined and would lift restrictions on international flights starting Jan. 8 next year.

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Passengers entering from abroad will no longer need to apply for a health code at the Chinese embassy or consulate abroad, but still need to obtain a negative nucleic acid test result within 48 hours before departure.

Passengers will no longer be required to undergo PCR testing upon arrival.

According to data from Ctrip.com, within half an hour after travel restrictions were lifted, searches for popular overseas destinations increased tenfold year-on-year, and searches for outbound air tickets and overseas hotels hit a three-year high.

According to a travel service platform controlled by Alibaba Group, searches for international flights have increased by more than 8 times.

Experts expect inbound and outbound travel to peak in the summer of 2023.

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