Although Chinese New Year tourists have increased, they are only half of what they were before the outbreak in 2019.

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[Financial Channel/Comprehensive Report] China recently ushered in the first Lunar New Year after the end of "clearing". According to Chinese official media reports, this year's Chinese New Year holiday travel surged by 74% compared with last year, but only in 2019 (before the epidemic) ) at half the level.

The Chinese New Year is the most important festival of the year for the Chinese. A large number of people who work or study abroad will return to their hometowns to reunite with their families.

And this year is the first time in three years that China has ushered in the New Year holiday without restrictions, leaving behind the haze of the epidemic and going out to travel outdoors.

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Chinese state media CCTV reported citing government data that about 226 million people traveled domestically and abroad during the Lunar New Year holiday this year, still far below the 420 million during the same period in 2019.

Among them, the number of overseas tourists this year increased by 120.5% compared with the same period last year to 2.88 million; compared with 12.53 million in the same period in 2019.

In addition, fears that the large migration of people returning to their hometowns will expand the spread of the virus do not seem to have materialized.

The number of deaths from Wuhan pneumonia (new coronavirus disease, COVID-19) is on a weekly downward trend, according to data from Chinese authorities.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Saturday (28th) that between January 20 and 26, China registered 6,364 related deaths, compared with 12,658 a week ago.

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