Why China’s travellers spent little, despite rise in Chinese New Year trips
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The country logged a record 596 million domestic trips over the extended holiday, but consumers are still reluctant to loosen their purse strings.

China logged an overall increase in travel during the just-concluded Chinese New Year break compared with last year’s holiday period, but analysts said spending per capita stayed flat. The country saw 596 million domestic trips over the extended public holiday that ended on Monday, a year-on-year increase of 95 million, Xinhua reported. About 17.8 million cross-border trips were logged over the same period, it added. Chinese New Year is a crucial period for the travel sector as hundreds of…

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