Getting out, getting going
Travelers are embracing the easing of interprovincial travel restrictions, Yang Feiyue reports.
Air-ticket searches related to Beijing rose sevenfold, Beijing-based online travel-service provider Qunar reports.
Qunar's bookings between Beijing and Shanghai, Sanya and Chengdu increased the most.
The capital's improved epidemic control has revived the long-suppressed travel enthusiasm.
About 67 percent of homestays in the capital have resumed operations by July 25, the Beijing Municipal Culture and Tourism Bureau reports.
Residents have shown surging travel enthusiasm and homestay bookings have been on a steady rise, according to the bureau.
The number of visitors to Wtown in northeastern Beijing's Miyun district, which reopened three months ago, exceeded 10,000 the first time during the weekend of July 18 and 19.
Hotel bookings recovered to over 90 percent of pre-epidemic levels, Wtown's administration says.
