Tourism operators expect to net profits

Domestic tourism steadily recovered in the first half of the year, with many tourism operators becoming more confident about turning losses into profits.

According to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, domestic sites received over 2.38 billion visits in the first six months, a 63.9 percent year-on-year increase, mainly due to the optimization of COVID-19 control policies.

The ministry said that revenue generated from domestic tourism reached 2.3 trillion yuan ($320 billion), up 95.9 percent from the same period in 2022.