China's May Day holiday a shot in the arm for domestic tourism | South China Morning Post

Chinese day trippers and sightseers were out in force on Saturday at the start of the May Day holiday , as the country continues its economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. In Wuhan, the city at the centre of the initial Covid-19 outbreak, almost 1 million people took a trip by train on the day and more than 1 million vehicles hit the roads, causing major congestion on several highways, Hubei Daily reported. In Beijing, more than 1.1 million people visited the city's 1,000 or so tourist attractions, an increase of 56 per cent from the same day last year,…