Robust holiday travel expected in China despite new outbreak


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BEIJING: As the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, Chinese consumers’ thirst for travel appears resilient in the face of a recent COVID-19 outbreak in East China’s Fujian Province as well as weaker-than-expected retail sales growth in August. Still, Chinese officials are seeking to ensure COVID-19 worry-free travel and are taking a cautious approach to any destinations that are experiencing new infections, announcing specific measures, including a “circuit breaker” mechanism, to ensure safety. There have been no signs of the latest domestic outbreak in Fujian spreading to other parts of the country. The Chinese mainland reported 49 new local COVID-19 cases on Wednesday,...