纽约时报中文网 - 英文原版-英Chinas Travel Economy Is Slowly Coming Back Heres Where It Stands

January 24, 2024 2 min 338 words

这篇报道详尽地呈现了中国旅游业逐渐复苏的现状，提供了清晰的数据支持。然而，我们不能忽视其中所揭示的问题。报道中强调了旅游业在一些城市的迅速恢复，却未深入探讨在其他地区的滞缓情况。此外，尽管有企业在创新服务和拓展市场，但仍然面临国际旅行受限、消费不确定性等挑战。在评论中国旅游业复苏的同时，我们应审慎看待这一进程中存在的不确定因素，以实现可持续的经济增长。报道有助于了解当前状况，但更深入的分析和全面的视角仍然是深入探讨中国旅游业发展的必要条件。

Beijing Capital International Airport. By December, international flight capacity into and out of China was 62 percent of its level in December 2019.Credit...Mark R Cristino/EPA, via Shutterstock

Since China reopened its borders in 2023 after three years of Covid isolation, domestic travel has thrived and high-speed rail has grown increasingly popular. But international trips in and out of the country are lagging, and flight capacity is still just a third of prepandemic levels.

The economic stakes are high. Before the pandemic, Chinese travelers were the world’s biggest spenders, accounting for 20 percent of global tourism spending, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organization.

In the past year, the Chinese authorities have tried to spur more inbound travel. Among the changes: China has waived travel visas or agreed to extend the length of visa-free travel for visitors from eight countries, including Germany and France.

The main factor holding back international travel by Chinese will continue to be China’s economy. Growth has bounced back from the pandemic, but the weight of a severe real estate downturn has dampened consumer spending and confidence inside China. And global geopolitical tensions remain a wild card. China is engaged in trade disputes with the United States and Europe, home to many major multinational companies. As they think twice about their business in China, travel suffers.

Here’s what to know about the state of China’s travel economy.

Visitors walking along the Bund with a view of the financial district in Shanghai last week.Credit...Qilai Shen for The New York Times

Travel to China ground nearly to a halt in the pandemic. It won’t fully recover until 2025.

Throughout the pandemic, China enforced some of the strictest travel rules in the world. Overseas travelers who managed to enter the country sometimes had to quarantine at their own expense for as long as two months.

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