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Where Will Tourism Benefit from China Reopening?
- By Bilal Hafeez and Ben Ford
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We track scheduled flights (what’s planned) and tracked flights (what took off) from a sample of the largest airports across the world.
Looking at data up to 6 February 2023:
- Global departures are sat back above 105,000 a day for the first time since October 2022 following the strongest January change in five years (Table 1).
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We track scheduled flights (what’s planned) and tracked flights (what took off) from a sample of the largest airports across the world.
Looking at data up to 6 February 2023:
- Global departures are sat back above 105,000 a day for the first time since October 2022 following the strongest January change in five years (Table 1). The boost comes amid a rapid China re-opening.
- However, January could have been better had departure seasonality been stronger around the Chinese New Year. It proved weaker than in 2021 and 2022. Going forward, tourism likely rebounds further in Asia as three more border crossings between Hong Kong and mainland China reopened with mandatory tests axed. There is plenty of room for rebound across the East, economically too (Chart 2).
- Turning West, airlines cancelled over 1,800 US departures (5.1% WoW) as an ice storm hit multiple states with Dallas (-21.9% WoW) airport worst affected. European departures (+4.0% WoW) pushed higher.
Information on long-term movements in flight data is available below.
US
UK
Italy
Spain
Germany
France
Canada
China
Japan
Hong Kong
South Korea
Singapore
Thailand