A visitor takes a selfie photograph along the Badaling section of the Great Wall in Beijing, China, on Tuesday. (Bloomberg photo)
HONG KONG: People in China are flocking to sites across the country in large numbers as the authorities look to boost the domestic tourism industry in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
While the authorities had urged people not to make unnecessary journeys during the Lunar New Year holiday because of an outbreak in the north of the country, there are no such concerns over the five-day Labour Day holiday that started on Saturday.
One tourism analyst predicted that there would be an “explosive” rise in demand, possibly exceeding the pre-pandemic total.
Some of Beijing’s most popular sites, such as the Forbidden City and Great Wall, were predictably busy, with tickets for the…
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