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Preparing for the return of tourism

By Alfred Romann and Gina Lee | China Daily | Updated: 2021-04-03 09:05
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A family enjoys the cherry blossoms in Hefei, Anhui province on March 25, 2021. The China Tourism Academy expects that 4.1 billion domestic trips will be made this year. [Photo/Asia News Photo]

Pretty much the entire industry, from the large cruise lines and airlines to individual operators such as tour guides, will have to adapt. Airlines in countries like South Korea or Australia, for example, are offering "flights to nowhere"-basically touring countries from the sky. Individual tour operators have also had to change the way they do business, much like Blue Sky Escapes in Singapore did.

Kang Dong-won, a tour guide in Hong Kong, has taken to filming weekly virtual tours. He uploads them to his "Mr. Kang in Hong Kong" YouTube channel.

"I believe big-scale package tours are a thing of the past, as travelers will fear being in large groups even in a post-COVID-19 world," Kang said. "So even when tourists return, it will be in smaller groups and revenue will take a hit. This will probably make returning to being a full-time tour guide more difficult."

The domestic tourism industry on the Chinese mainland may be an exception, thanks to swift return to some kind of normalcy later in 2020.

The industry went through a blip in early 2021, when the government discouraged trips during Lunar New Year holiday, usually the busiest travel season of the year, after a small spike in COVID-19 cases.

Still, tourism revenue during the Lunar New Year in 2021 reached 301.1 billion yuan ($46.24 billion), higher than the 278.28 billion yuan the industry earned in 2020 when the pandemic lockdowns were in full force, but much lower than the 513.9 billion yuan the industry generated in 2019, according to data from China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

The China Tourism Academy now expects that 4.1 billion domestic trips will be made in the country this year, up 42 percent from last year.

Travel within China, and eventually out of the country, could lead the way to a global recovery. There were 155 million outbound international tourists from China in 2019, and many of them are eager to get back on the road. Chinese tourists are likely to pour hundreds of billions of dollars into economies around the world.

On March 8, China launched an International Travel Health Certificate that operates via WeChat and shows results of recent tests and vaccinations, but quarantine requirements remain in place.

With the many disparate efforts underway to kickstart the industry, any rebound may be uneven.

In a recent survey, the UNWTO found many industry experts do not expect the industry to return to pre-pandemic levels for two years and say COVID-19 testing, tracing and vaccination certificates will be key components of any rebound. Just 15 percent of respondents to the UNWTO survey expect a rebound next year and 43 percent expect it by 2023. Still, 45 percent of respondents to the same survey say 2021 will be better than 2020.

Despite the uncertainty about the future, it is impossible to ignore the pent-up demand for travel.

Chris Chuang, a lawyer and avid traveler, has not left Hong Kong for more than a year. He has not taken a plane out of the city or even a train into the Chinese mainland, and is eager to get back on the road.

"I love traveling and Italy and Japan are two of my favorite destinations," Chuang said. "I hope COVID-19 will be over very soon, as I had to cancel six trips in 2020 alone."

The writers are freelance journalists for China Daily.

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