Outbound travel gives hope to global economic recovery

Nation's overseas exits, entries surge amid optimized COVID-19 measures

BEIJING — Chinese people's rekindled passion for traveling abroad during the Spring Festival holiday has displayed the growing vitality of the Chinese economy and added optimism for the world to pull out from the economic downturn.

During the weeklong holiday that ended on Jan 27, China's first long holiday since cross-border travel reopened, outbound travel orders recorded a three-year peak, increasing by 640 percent year-on-year, data from online travel agency Trip.com Group showed.

Overseas hotel and cross-border flight bookings surged by more than four times over the same period.