China’s duty-free shoppers rush to tropical Hainan as Hong Kong and Seoul off travel list

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Sales boom in southern China’s Hainan province attributed to suspension of international travel amid coronavirus pandemic Total revenue from sales of duty-free goods across southernmost island province is expected to reach 30 billion yuan this year Long queues at duty-free stores across China’s southernmost province of Hainan during eight-day ‘golden week’ holiday attributed to suspension of international travel amid coronavirus pandemic. Chinese tourists who traditionally rush to duty-free outlets in South Korea or Hong Kong for holiday shopping are being lured to southern China’s island province of Hainan this year as the coronavirus continues ravaging most of the world. Long...