reported on Thursday, the last day of the holiday, citing data from China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
That was down 4.7% year-on-year and still under 60% of the revenues recorded in the same week before the pandemic. China has largely contained the spread of the coronavirus since it first emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in late 2019. It recorded no locally transmitted infections on Wednesday, October 6, having brought under control recent outbreaks in Fujian and Heilongjiang provinces that had seen the authorities tighten restrictions on movement of people.
The ministry also logged 515 million domestic tourist trips across China over the seven days, which represented a year-on-year decline of 1.5% and was just over 70% of pre-pandemic levels,China goes back to work on Friday, October 8. Saturday, October 9, has also been designated as a working day.