So will the virus’s ground zero city engender a wider corona fascination for tourists? Propelled to visit the place where the deathly pandemic all began. “Start planning for Wuhan now,” implores TripAdvisor flagging the city’s Qing Dynasty-style temples, willow-fringed lakes and exotic restaurants.

As to the surrounding province of Hubei itself, which no one much wanted to visit before, it too made it to the Top 10 this year.

For now China’s ongoing travel ban makes visits from abroad impossible. While young Chinese get ready to descend on Wuhan, Wuhanites have been leaving their city in droves since the quarantine ended. Many chose to travel as a way of liberating themselves from the 76-day quarantine.

Now, as lockdowns unwind across the nation, Delta is one airline thinking of resuming flights to China in June, hopeful for an end to travel restrictions.Now, as lockdowns unwind across the nation, Delta is one airline thinking of resuming flights to China in June, hopeful for an end to travel restrictions.

It still takes a certain determination to Google up “Wuhan attractions” right now. And not worry about what the search results might turn up. I think the city still has a bit of a P