We’re back from our May Day Holiday, China’s first nationwide holiday since the lockdown lifts and ease of domestic travel restrictions.

And there’s good news for tourism in China post covid-19 – after previous positive indications, this year’s holiday showed promising signs of domestic tourism revival, having suffered through a three-month lull. As of May 5, 115 million trips were made over the holiday, resulting in RMB 47.56 billion (US$6.74 billion) in revenue for travel operators, said the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. That’s over double the 43 million trips taken over the Qingming Festival this April.

No matter how you look at it, that’s a lot of people! Importantly, it’s a vote of confidence in China’s measures to curb the pandemic in its own borders.