Being wary of the reopening of 70% of tourist destinations starting 5 consecutive holidays in China New Corona May 1: 16:53
Large holidays start in China on the first day, and it is expected that more than 100 million people will travel domestically during the period. The Chinese government is increasing its vigilance by limiting the number of visitors to tourist destinations so that the new coronavirus infection will not spread again.
In China, which is said to have basically suppressed the momentum of the spread of the new coronavirus in Japan, five consecutive holidays of May Day began on the first day.
Nearly 70% of tourist destinations have already been reopened in China, and in the capital, Beijing, the World Heritage Palace has started accepting tourists from the first day in about three months. As a measure to prevent infection, the Chinese government is asking each tourist destination to significantly limit the number of visitors, and even at the old palace, it is reserved in advance via the Internet and is limited to 5000 people per day.
In addition, in the park in the center of Beijing, there was no entrance congestion and a temperature test was conducted at the entrance, so no big crowd was seen.
A woman who visited the park said, "I'm scared of the infection because I have children. This park is relatively safe because few people come from outside the city, so I visited it."
Although the number of people traveling by means of transportation such as domestic travel during the consecutive holidays will decrease to about one-third of the previous year, it is expected that the total number will be 117 million people, and the Chinese government will introduce the new coronavirus. We are wary that the infection will not spread again.
Large-scale sale in Shanghai
In Shanghai, China, where five consecutive holidays began on the first day, large-scale sales are being held at commercial facilities in response to the city's call to recover the consumption that has fallen due to the new coronavirus.
At the commercial facility in the center of the city, where many Japanese-affiliated tenants are located, many customers, including families, visited in masks and enjoyed shopping and dining.
A woman who came shopping with a friend said, `` It was not fun because shopping without seeing the actual thing continued for a long time on the internet, but it is fun because I can actually see and buy things '' .
In addition, the manager of a Japanese drugstore said, "I can't go to Japan, and the products made in Japan are genuine. I want many people to buy a lot."
In China, economic activity is continuing to resume, but the growth rate of GDP (Gross Domestic Product) for the three months to March has become negative for the first time since 1992 when statistics were published. , The severe economic situation continues due to the new coronavirus.
The city of Shanghai, which called for a large-scale sale this time, seems to have the aim of recovering the consumption that has fallen due to the new coronavirus, and there is much interest in how effective it will be.
The lodging industry continues to be difficult
Even in China, which has entered a large holiday, the management of the hotel and other lodging businesses continues to be difficult.
According to a survey conducted by an industry group of hotels in China in the middle of last month on 5500 accommodation facilities, about 30% of the facilities have fallen to 10% or less of the same period last year. About 80% of the facilities are said to have decreased to less than half.
Furthermore, as consumers tend to refrain from eating out, the sales of the food and beverage department have fallen below 20% at more than 60% of accommodation facilities.
Also, most facilities do some form of employee restructuring, reducing the total number of employees by nearly 20% compared to the end of last year, reducing salaries and postponing payments. This also affects employment.
Industry groups have analyzed that business conditions will remain optimistic for the next two months.