BEIJING: As China’s domestic tourism unravels, desperate provinces are slashing ticket prices, offering tax breaks and even begging locals to help save plummeting tourist earnings in a sector that employs tens of millions of people.
The slump in tourism – which includes travel, accommodation and catering – has persisted into 2022 because of wider Covid-related curbs on inter-province travel, lockdowns and endless mass testing, official data shows.
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