according to a survey by the leading uk travel association, significantly fewer travellers this yeartry they have never been to before. with shrinking disposable income, that is understandable. but try and think big. in late march, carmen and the team switched spring for the southern hemisphere autumn in the long, thin and spectacular south american nation of chile and got to part in some amazing experiences. when you think of mummies, you think of the ancient egyptians wrapped in bandages but these guys here, there are masks, sticks where their bones were and what is fascinating is the smaller mummies of children and babies. south america really rewards travellers who can invest time and a trend we have noticed at the travel show supported by industry data is that the average length of stay is increasing. if you can spend weeks rather than days in a place you will get under the skin of it and have a much more enriching and enlightening experience. even better, stay with a family to understand the culture more deeply and to keep a lid on costs. homestays are easy to find online and t

roosevelt traveled 50000 miles with about truman traveled almost 35000 miles in the i have travel in three times as a matter fact summit had the bright idea when time dedicate a new college or something. and that would leave a very small tried to speak with people not very many people could get the president to see him or hear him and he never put it that way again. the lesson the car was used was by eisenhower and then of course use the car in 1984 october 12, 1984 through western ohio. but the cars a water system was not working. every time you had use the bathroom you had to move forward into the private car for clicks that car right now bob is on display where? in miami, florida for. >> if you are interested in seeing something that's really a part of presidential history, that is where you can go see it. >> that is right. >> we are here, we see a picture of president roosevelt sitting in the lounge area of the car. you see the shades are drawn on the windows. he often spent time there playing cards and entertaining guests who were aboard the train serving them drinks a lot of st

roosevelt traveled 55,000 miles, but truman traveled almost 35,000 miles on it. i have traveled in it three times. -- matter-of-fact, somebody had the bright idea one time, he was on his way to dedicate a new college or something and they put on the -- and that would leave a very small amount of room between the end of the car in the bumper car. doing a stop in ohio, not very many people came to close enough to see him or hear him. it would never get it that way again. so, the last time the car was used was when she went to connecticut on january 21st 1954, the nuclear sub -- and then, of course, ronald reagan used the car in 1984, october 12th, 1984, on this trip through western ohio. the car's water system wasn't working. every time you had to use the bathroom we had to move forward into the private car. >> and that car right now, bob, is on display where? >> in miami, florida. >> so, if you're interested in seeing something that is a part of presidential history, that is where you can go see it. >> exactly right. >> so, here we see a picture of president roose

according to a survey by the leading uk travel association, significantly fewer travellers this yearcountry they have never been to before. with shrinking disposable income, that is understandable. but try and think big. in late march, carmen and the team switched spring for the southern hemisphere autumn in the long, thin and spectacular south american nation of chile and got to part in some amazing experiences. when you think of mummies, you think of the ancient egyptians wrapped in bandages but these guys here, there are masks, sticks where their bones were and what is fascinating is the smaller mummies of children and babies. south america really rewards travellers who can invest time and a trend we have noticed at the travel show supported by industry data is that the average length of stay is increasing. if you can spend weeks rather than days in a place you will get under the skin of it and have a much more enriching and enlightening experience. even better, stay with a family to understand the culture more deeply and to keep a lid on costs. homestays are easy to find online a

travel association. it's to highlight the fact that more than half of americans don't take advantage of their paid time off that there aren't -- that they are entitled to. while we have hectic schedules and things happen throughout the year, recognizing one day to take a breath, take a beat, look at your calendar throughout the year and plan out some trips so you can really take advantage of great deals when they come about and take advantage of the joy and amazingness that is travel. kristen: i think it is a good time to start thinking about that. but why do you also just planning for the whole year -- suggest planning for the whole year right now all that once? >> i think o -- of us get busy and don't dedicate enough time to the things in life they enjoy. we put out a state of travel survey, where a lot of our subscribers, 82% of them that responded to the survey note that travel is a critical component and they value it and it would even -- they would even things up -- they would even give things up l

— when it comes to travel and travel lans? ~ , travel plans? absolutely.ok, after a few years of lockdown, i after a few years of lockdown, we've been anticipating a big rebound, and certainly of the early indications are that we're going to see travel bookings in huge numbers. just yesterday, we had our biggest day in three years so i think it is fair to say that people just want to get back travelling again, and seize the moment and the opportunity to do so after a few years of not being able to.— being able to. but there were some real — being able to. but there were some real chaos _ being able to. but there were some real chaos and - being able to. but there were some real chaos and some i being able to. but there were i some real chaos and some real scenes at airports this past year. do we think they will be able to handle that amount? look, last year was a bit of a horror show for customers trying to get anywhere. covertly we can't predict what could happen in the future, we know that, but we definitely don't expect the same type of disruption this

also, is travel the answer to our economic woes?xpedia is one of the biggest travel firms, its big boss will tell me if all that pent—up demand is still strong enough to keep us opening our wallets. wherever you arejoining me from, a big hello and welcome. january, it's the time of year when many of us take stock of our lives, and that often involves looking at our careers. is this the year to find a newjob? well, it might not be that easy in 2023. the global economy is teetering on the edge of recession, that's according to the world bank. and a growing number of companies are battening down the hatches and cutting jobs to get through the impending storm. big names are making the headlines, particularly evident in the tech sector, where the likes of amazon, microsoft, facebook�*s parent meta, and twitter are feeling the impact as other companies spend less on advertising. in banking, concerns that companies have less cash to make deals means cuts to the likes of credit suisse, goldman sachs and morgan stanley. consumer goods firms

so 69 percent of travelers actively seeking more sustainable travel options. what's driving this rise in demand for sustainable travel? yes, it's really just interesting and thank you. next for inviting me on from a very chilly lungs. and i have to say, i think off to the pandemic, we saw a very big pent up demand. the travelling tourism and people were looking to get back to nature looking to get to the great outdoors. busy and i think it was inevitable really off the being top. but i think that also made people have a great, a great appreciation of nature and the value in the preciousness of travel. so apart from that, the thing to be lety has been going up. everybody's list of what they need to achieve this year. you know, how can i be more favorable in every aspect of my life. but certainly we publish to try to report the very top item with people saying that they will travel more responsibly. so the demand is there is the supply as the travel and tourism industry adapting to this, are we seeing a rise in eco friendly hotels and travel destinations? absolu

now on bbc news, the travel show. this week's show: during the pandemic many of us realised just how intense was our passion for travel. and i am so excited about the opportunities to explore economically and responsibly this year. the ukrainian artwork that has now found a safe home on display at a gallery in madrid. and who discovered the equator? hello and welcome to the travel show, coming to you this week from behind—the—scenes at our home here at the bbc in london. it is here where we plan the shows and edit the films from all over the world, finding stories, juggling logistics and, just like everybody else, trying to find the biggest bang for our buck when it comes to travelling abroad. over the past decade here at the travel show hq it has been ourjob to create new content for you every week on a fairly modest budget. so no wonder we picked up a tip or two along the way about how to get the most for our money. we get the best value we can by packing in as much as possible on each trip, travelling light and usi

roosevelt traveled 50,000 miles. truman traveled almost 30,000 miles in the 1948 campaign alone. ike traveled in it three times. he called it the old art. as a matter of fact, someone had a bright idea one time, he was on his way, the to dedicate a new college or something. they put it on the head and of the train, behind the buffer car. that would leave a very small amount of room between the end of the car and the bumper car. so when he tried to speak to people at the stop in ohio, not very many people could get close enough to see or hear him. he never did it that way again. the last time the car was used, was one -- point the draft to connecticut and january 1st, 1954, to visit the nuclear sub, the nautilus. and then ronald reagan used the car in 1984, october 12th, 1984,

abroad. 0ver to travelling abroad.e here at the travel show hq it has budget. so no wonder we picked up a tip or two along the way about how to get the most for our money. we get the best value we can by plugging in as much as on each we get the best value we can by packing in as much as on each trip, travelling light and using our network of local fixes and using our network of local fixes and produces as often as we can to help bring down travel cost and our carbon footprint. so how can you save money when you travel abroad in 2023? here is our global guru, simon calder, with some ideas. with so many of us feeling the squeeze financially, it is no wonder that some travellers are considering cutting back on adventures. when money is tight, seeing your ideal destination on tv or social media can stir up a load of negative feelings and leave you believing that your dream holiday is just that, a that your dream holiday isjust that, a dream. in 2022 the travel show team went dune bashing in qatar. attended age—old ceremon

plus the travel and tourism industry is picking up speed this year for travelers? taste that changing and they're increasingly going green. ah. so the u. s. debts is now 6 times what it was at the start of the century. despite its growing liabilities, the country has never defaulted on its payments. now the u. s. has crashed through . it's $31.00 trillion dollar borrowing limit and that means the government could run out of cash to pay its bills in less than 5 months and puts congress on the clock to raise or suspend the debt ceiling. but getting lawmakers to agree on lots is expected to be a tough political battle on capital hill. the republican controlled house of representatives refuses to raise a debt limits unless president joe biden agrees to steep spending cuts. democrats want it to be raised without any conditions. the treasury department has started taking so called extraordinary measures, including suspending investments for retirees to avoid missing financial obligations to bondholders. but that would give congress and biden until early june to resolve t

according to a survey by the leading uk travel association, abta, significantly fewer travellers thise looking to visit a country they have never been to before. with shrinking disposable income, that is understandable. but try and think big. in late march, carmen and the team switched spring for the southern hemisphere autumn in the long, thin and spectacular south american nation of chile and got to part in some amazing experiences. when you think of mummies, you think of the ancient egyptians wrapped in bandages but these guys here, there are masks, sticks where their bones were and what is fascinating is the smaller mummies of children and babies. south america really rewards travellers who can invest time and a trend we have noticed at the travel show supported by industry data is that the average length of stay is increasing. if you can spend weeks rather than days in a place you will get under the skin of it and have a much more enriching and enlightening experience. even better, stay with a family to understand the culture more deeply and to keep a lid on costs. homestays are

been struggling, traveling business? sure, so it, well of course it's a restart. so and the quick answer is yes, you're going to get it, it's going to be a limited one. you mentioned there, the absolute number trips are lower. that's both domestically and internationally. internationally, the infrastructure isn't back up to fuel speed. the number of flights just isn't there. remember they basically felt pretty much detail for practical purposes for the past few years. and countries, all right, region still have some restrictions on chinese students. so it is a bit of a boost, but we are certainly not back to normal. the number of current of ours infections were soaring even before these celebrations. won't they make it worse? i'm, i'm not a medical expert, not biologist, but i don't see how it can be made worse. you have an incredible mixing. i think it is the world's largest migration of people. literally hundreds of millions of people on the move from the coastal cities to the provinces, from north to south east to west. it's basically an incomplete flux. so you

let's talk about the great news for the travel i the great news for the travel industry, the reopeningw much of an impact are you seeing?— is on the planet. how much of an impact are you seeing? we have seen a tonne of interest, _ impact are you seeing? we have seen a tonne of interest, i _ impact are you seeing? we have seen a tonne of interest, i would _ impact are you seeing? we have seen a tonne of interest, i would say i impact are you seeing? we have seen a tonne of interest, i would say the i a tonne of interest, i would say the impact will take some time to come, as you will have documented, china is opening up, but it is having covid spikes, also dealing with what the rules will be about foreign travelling to different countries. then you have got the question of air plans, it is quite a bit less plain traffic in and around china, so a lot of big carriers from around the world who used to have tonnes of light in everyday now have is a few, so while it is opening and there is a lot of interest, i would say will take some time to get through the machinery can i get through and g

requirements, much highest travelers. so the chinese travelers are coming to hong kong. they actually they are subject to loser restrictions compared to foreign visits at the moment. and people are also worried about and that could cause a potential outbreak because i'm fascinated chinese could come to hong kong and the number could be that tens of 1000 to on every day that so d, w, 's of phoebe con, there are many, many thanks to some other stories now making headlines around the world. russia has bomb several regions in eastern ukraine overnight. at least one person was killed. forces continued to shell, the city of buck moved the current focus of russian efforts to push further west. it comes after moscow ended a self declared cease fire for orthodox christmas. a group of 46 soldiers have arrived home in ivory coast after their release, and molly, the troops were pardoned a week after being convicted of conspiracy, ivory coast, and the united nation say the soldiers were part of the un peacekeeping mission. in molly, t

travel. as far as we know, south korea is the only country that has implemented a suspension on short term visas from mainland china. travelers on non essential travel. we did hear from japan earlier today that it would extend an existing requirement for a negative co test to board off that already exists for a mainlanders to those coming from the chinese territory of macau. nonetheless, we are hearing um from tokyo also codo news reporting, citing travel groups there that the beijing has also informed them that this visa suspension would apply to would be travelers japan. so this is very much still a very developing situation. this announcement coming basically a week after the spokesperson from china's foreign ministry had warrant of reciprocal measures, say that beijing is firmly opposed to the a politicization of the current pandemic epidemic situation. incidentally, this announcement also coming on the heels of a 50 minute phone call that was held between the foreign minister of south ko

travel is coming back. we've seen secretary buttigieg and others talking about a passenger bill of rights we think a common sense passenger bill of rights makes sense. people expect it and the american travelers kdeserve it. >> what does it mean, a bill of rights do you think more pressure needs to be applied in this case to southwest and the airlines >> i think a common sense passenger bill of rights broadly speaking there's airlines, there's airports, there's federal and the tsa and i just think that people need to come together on behalf of american travelers to make it easier you know, people expect it now when they go out and get an uber these are what they're experiencing frictionless experiences they deserve that in their travel experience and so not quite sure what should be in it. i certainly know a common sense bill of rights to protect travelers. if you look out to 2030 and it's not that far away, you'll have another set of travelers if this is where we are today, where are we going to be out a f

travel in business.t new creative ideas to tailor our network and it is also an element on flix train where we want to broaden our customer base to more people who might not use buses in that sense to travel from berlin to stuttgart because it is simply a very long bus ride, but on a train they might consider it, and therefore we want to also broaden our role towards society and towards consumers. and andre, let me end on this — the war in ukraine, how much has that impacted your business? i mean, it is a topic that is very high priority for us as a company, not because we didn't have a huge business in russia and we shut it down immediately after the war started, and we will not restart it, there is a moral obligation from my perspective. and what i am very proud of the team, the tremendous work towards ukraine. we were present with a very small business prior to the war, and we never stopped operating. so, we withdrew from eastern ukraine until lviv, but we reopened service to kyiv one week after the u

and our claim would be, we don't need to forbade people to travel, we need to enable them to travel inin a bus compared to your car or even a plane, you are doing something good for the environment because our co2 emissions are lower than even in some countries trains, we are on a high level with trains. so today it is already good to travel on a flix bus. but that is the most important part, we are really doing a lot of work towards net zero. we are net zero. so it is not enough for us to be environmentally very good, but we have to get to net zero, and all the things you can read about electric buses, hydrogen buses, we have invested in, not only pilot project but also research and investing money and resources into that. we believe and we know there is a path to net zero for our industry. andre, do you have business passengers? i'm just wondering if you could really replace flights for those customers. a flix bus to go to milan, but if you want to go to munich airport, it might be the best solution, because we are faster than a train, orfaster than a plane, because of the travel tim

in terms of how the travel industry pans out over the | travel industry pans out over the next few monthsright which a look at it. probably over the next few months or the next few years. i think managing expectations will be permanent. the timing allies would be for sedate spring check period. over the next few months we will start to see more passports being issued because passport issuing has not happened in china recently. more flights and more opportunities which would bring flight price which is high from china down. i think managing expectations and i think the industry expects that the second half of the year you expect more" travel from china.— half of the year you expect more" travel from china. how important our chinese tourists _ travel from china. how important our chinese tourists to _ travel from china. how important our chinese tourists to the _ travel from china. how important our chinese tourists to the global- chinese tourists to the global travel industry and sort of the economics of travel, if you will? the economics of trouble, absolutely. it's notjust about the numb

now, according to a travel agency, one of the biggest here in china interest in overseas travel has jumped by about 80 percent of people searching various destinations. the top favorite so far is thailand, but also a lot of interest in japan. south korea, the u. s. and australia and hong kong, also very popular destination had many people here on mainland china having strong close family ties and business highs with those on the islands. that you have to say that it's not going to be completely obstacle free for chinese travelers. depending on where they choose to go, there are about 20 countries around the world who have put up some restrictions on chinese travelers. some screening restrictions replied them to take proven tests. most recently, the portugal and netherlands have joined this list of people watching lists of countries involves the u. k, canada and australia. among this now it's not just going to be a boom for international tourism rural. so spect expecting a big boost for the domestic industry here this, we can also marks the beginning of to noon, which is the 40 day travel p

but they have stopped short of imposing any travel bands. all right, katrina, you live there from beijing? katrina. thank you. let's meet you. tony chung now joins us live from bangkok. tony . so china openings borders as katrina was saying that pretty important for thailand's postcode, the tourism market. absolutely. down here in china telling bank hope people are very excited. there's a lot of anticipation that they're going to. the chinese starts going to bring back a very major share of terrors of the tourism industry, which is still very much in recovery. in 2022, we saw 11000000 visitors coming this year. the terrorism authority says they want 20000000 terrace to return. but that is still only half of the number that arrived in 2019, before the coven 19 pandemic. more than 40000000 tourists, of which is more than 11000000, were coming from china. so it is a vitally important so the recovery of char finance tourist industry and we've seen that in the government policy, he traded just mentioned how angry the chinese government was about

look, we have had a winter of air travel this - had a winter of air travel this content so far betweenption in southwest airlines just at week or two ago and today's disruption. we have the martin luther king holiday coming up this weekend in the us and we will soon be approaching the holiday travel for presidents weekend here, and spraying and of course summer vacation travel. and business travel starts to resume this week so i am very concerned. when you buy an airline ticket, you want to walk into the airport feeling confident that you will be able to travel from point a to point b not having a feeling of impending doom. air travel is already stressful enough. we need to be confident that the faa and our airlines can get us where we need to go on time and safely. right now, that trust is weak. . ~ safely. right now, that trust is weak. ., ~ , ., ., is weak. thank you for thoughts. _ is weak. thank you for thoughts, it _ is weak. thank you for thoughts, it was - is weak. thank you for thoughts, it was a - is weak. thank you for - thoughts, it was a pleasure to have you newsday. to th

mincing, travel, 1st and foremost. so these let us asportation is certainly important, but not what comfort also matters flooring their tie, whichever exotic destination you may choose to explore or you, whether it's skate dazzling of her with a view of alaska. we're just only 4 kilometers, separate russia from america, scope or c k, shallow skin with a polar bears the wall wrangle islands will skin us. you always want to return to safety and comfort law after experiencing extreme conditions for parents than you wanted right there. and then so let me give you an example. here we were shooting a documentary recently in chicago camp. i live and i was directing it or we spent a month there in total, mitchell and in that climate tickets we were both cold and went all the time. every day. i have no idea how or equipment kept working. it seems like a miracle to me. shares and coming back to dry, warm place sir, after a day's work was fantastic and well, you could take off your wet clothes and take a hot shower. change into s

for travelers from china. and the country was hit incredibly hard at the beginning of the pandemic. and they'll socrates there, are saying that they need, they have to protect their citizens. that's exactly what the french authorities are saying as well. they have to take into account. there are indicating that china's population is a little image, is less immune that probably did you opinions that there are vaccines are less efficient than those that are loose in euro. but i think a major factor here is really the mistress of information coming out of a china, our many experts seeing even at the world health organization that china needs to be a more for is coming with sharing important information. we know that the country is dealing with a massive search in new covered cases where its hospitals and funeral homes, seeing that they are over a want, at the same time, according to official data, only few deaths were registered as since or the country has open up and ended, it's a 0 coverage policy. so your opin

or we try to direct our travelers to new destination. so i'm wondering, i can give you a great example of this year. we reached the northern most points on the continent in the rush and far easily port is called on with ox, the cape. it's only a katya whisper. the place is incredibly beautiful, like a huge rock on the credit accounts into the arctic ocean. almost like an ice breaker at the sand is the northernmost point in the russian. far east of miss steely, we published our reports on both the russian and chinese social media. mix it and got millions of views, 1000000 plus our some chinese tour agencies approached us keep asking to organize a trip for them. so they could see and assassin her as a potential destination for chinese tourists. what i'm gonna of this year we're going there with 7 asians delegation from china. we as well as a t v crew representing china's top tv channel to film it for you. or we have a tour planned out for them with law that will include the box, the keep her name as well as the timer peninsula, to showcase

and katrina, many in china are starting to travel for lunar new year. so the timing of all this is also quite significant, isn't it? a try this weekend also marks the beginning of tune, which is the 40 day travel period around luna and new year and pre pandemic. it was referred to as the largest annual human migration. now last year, 1000000000 trips were made. that's under cover. $190.00 covered 19 restrictions. this year. the chinese government is expecting 2000000000 trips to be ne, there's a huge demand here, especially for migrant workers working in the major cities. they really want to go home and see family members for the biggest holiday of the year. and many of them have not returned for years perhaps because of strict covered 0 policies here in china. now we do have to remember though, that right now, china is experiencing a surge of corporate 19 infections around the country. so the government is worried about those via that virus being exposed to rural areas where the health system is not as developed and they won't. travelers to be wary of

was the means have traveled the world. we're not while their own country remains an uncharted territory for them. but with you just mentioned, the trash already has places that can offer such the politics periods. as i said, how ever i wonder if russia has something, no other place has what she am i now with my only tougher nor usually go into a club shift. so on, well, you know, i say the most unforgettable experience is in meeting people to play. you can find good and bad people everywhere, less hearing, but the norse or in the arctics. they are as authentic as it gets here we were making a film about an old whale hunter whose ancestors at a 100 wales for 7 or 8 generations. we on tom was we were following him everywhere and might day and day out. and one day, when we came to his home home of his grandson of around 20 years opened the door. we said, do we came to film his grandfather, to which he replied that his grandfather was having a meal with the guard. so great was sad when can we start my go as soon as he has done

what are some of the biggest concern is that you might have over travel as people start travelling over- people start travelling over the coming weeks? well, we have had a winter _ the coming weeks? well, we have had a winter of _ the coming weeks? well, we have had a winter of air— the coming weeks? well, we have had a winter of air travel - had a winter of air travel discontent so far between a massive operational disruption at south—west airlines josee we could two ago and today's disruption, we have the martin luther king holiday coming up this weekend here in the us and we will soon be approaching the holiday travel for presidents weekend here and spring and, of course, soon the summer vacation travel. and business travel stars resume this week. so i'm very concerned. when you buy an airline ticket you want to walk into that airport feeling confident that you will be able to travel from point to point being. not having a feeling of impending doom. air travel is already stressful enough, we need to be confident that the faa and our allies can get us where we need to go on time and s

may be breaking, travel bit, you know, so they're living in other people's houses. they're driving other people's cars. they still have salaries, they're still able to, you know, employ their family and friends and so on. so they're not seeing any actual effect of this devastation. the devastation is on the average person and one on. and as we've seen over the last year and a half, 2 years, the tall a bon really hasn't been swayed by that to make any changes. because you know, a lot of, if you look at the messaging coming from the rest of the world, even if the taller bond do, you know, rather obvious simple things like reopening high schools for all girls across the country. like reopening universities for women like allowing women back into n g o work. there's a chance that a lot of the sanctions are these restrictions are, you know, these cutbacks could be reversed, but the tall bond does not really seem to be swayed by that or really amenable to those kinds of options. ok ali la tiffy, we'd like to thank you for your time and your insights today. ality fi there

and the number of daily travelers will be kept. the shift comes as beijing continues to loosen covered restrictions even as infection search. the 1st train headed to a newly reopened border crossing on board. people rushing to take advantage of the relaxed rules for entering china. thanks for the changes these travelers won't be facing mandatory quarantine for the 1st time in 3 years. hong kong residents with family on the mainland was some of the 1st to join the rush. oh, i'm so happy, so excited. i haven't seen my parents for years. they aren't in good health. i couldn't go back to see them even when they had colon cancer. i'm really happy to see them now knowing all, i haven't seen my wife in 2 years, so i'm hurrying to get back to while these people may not be facing, quarantine authorities are still imposing other restrictions. visitors have to register in advance online with only 60000 a day permitted need direction. they also need proof of a negative cov test from within the last 48 hours. while that requirement could help k

w. travel extremely worth a visit. ah, ah, back open for business. china ends 3 years of closed board, us with travelers entering out and leaving the country. once more we'll look at what it means for add ports worldwide. and the global chips race will discuss how 2023 could see. semiconductors provide a major pass around arrival superpowers. this is data we business on robots in berlin. welcome into the program. china reopened it's doors. international travelers have been leaving and arriving in the country for the 1st time. in almost 3 years, there were long queues today or says families rushed to reunite, having not seen one another. since, before the pandemic hit, the reopening is expected to provide a major piece to airlines and the global economy. however, or i was in china still need to provide proof of a negative cobit 19 test. as the chinese travelers landing in many european countries was a discuss this further. let's cross to asian journalist andrea sch bait. andreas could have you on the program as ever. ho

but it's not just internationally where people are expected to travel domestically. they're also expecting a boon in tourism here in china, especially now that this weekend has marked the beginning of to noon. the travel period leading up to lunar new year, china's railway department says there will be 2000000000 made across china over the next few weeks alone. and many of these will ankle clued migrant workers who have not been able to travel 100 previous is due to restrictions. the government, however, is concerned by a current surgeon cove. in 19 cases, especially since the medical system in these remote areas is less developed. and there are few people fully vaccinated and because of the, the government has recommended that there be no large, large scale public gatherings. and also recommended people who had coverage had stayed home, but they've stopped short as a banning any travel altogether. the thailand is one of the most popular destinations for chinese tourist sends this hope that their return will help revive the travel industry from bangkok, his tony chai