Tourism is expected to surge during the upcoming Spring Festival as the Chinese people have been encouraged to stay put for the week-long holiday for the sake of preventing COVID-19 spread.
Tu Zhengyan and Zhang Tong of the Everbright International Travel Agency in Changzhou are livestreaming the promotion of a local tour program during the Chinese New Year holiday.
Many travel agencies are offering various options of travel packages according to tourists' likings and occupations so as to help them design selected routes of local travel. The number of reservations has increased by 50% over the same period last year.
Huai’an Municipal Bureau of Culture, Broadcasting and Tourism has issued 20 thousand "tourism" coupons to enable tourists to visit 14 scenic spots for free.
The city has also opened six bus tour routes to facilitate the holidaymakers.
Many restaurants have also launched takeout reunion dinners of various scales with prices ranging from 288 yuan to 1580 yuan per table.
(Source:ourjiangsu.com)
