"We can expect a travel boom after the #COVID pandemic in China's tourism industry, but that may have little to do with travel agencies as consumer habits & travel modes have changed," said Zhou Weihong, head of Shanghai Chunqiu Int'l Travel Agency.
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China's annual Central Economic Work Conference held in Beijing from Thursday to Friday noted that China's economic performance in 2023 is expected to witness an overall recovery and improvement.
Among many tasks, expanding domestic #demand was highlighted as a priority by the conference in order for it to play a larger role in driving economic growth, & forming new #consumption scenes was mentioned as one of the main work to fully tap the potential of the domestic market
As #China optimized its #COVID response, seizing the opportunities presented by the new consumer demands & the new consumption scenes appears to be essential for both new players & established ones who have recently survived the storm.

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