Flight bookings during the Chinese New Year holiday season from China were severely affected by the coronavirus COVID-19 crisis and the following travel restrictions. As of January 19, outbound travel bookings from China (excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan) to worldwide regions increased by 7.3 percent from the same equivalent period in last year. One week later, this figure declined by 13.8 percent after the Chinese government imposed a ban on outbound tour groups. The bookings to the Americas, with a market share of seven percent, dropped by 22.5 percent during the same period.
Actual change of outbound flight bookings affected by the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak from China in worldwide regions from January 19 to February 9, 2020
Characteristic
Chinese to worldwide regions
Chinese to worldwide regions, except Hong Kong and Taiwan
The year-on-year change compares the same equivalent period according to the Chinese New Year. The Chinese New Year and accompanying public holidays in China are from January 24 to 30 in 2020, while that in 2019 were between February 4 and 10.
Bookings between January 20 and February 9, 2020 were compared with the period from January 31 to February 20, 2019.
This statistic has been updated according to the same source.
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The Moodie Davitt Report. (February 13, 2020). Actual change of outbound flight bookings affected by the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak from China in worldwide regions from January 19 to February 9, 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 26, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1095776/china-change-of-global-outbound-travel-bookings-from-wuhan-virus-during-chinese-new-year-region/
The Moodie Davitt Report. "Actual change of outbound flight bookings affected by the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak from China in worldwide regions from January 19 to February 9, 2020." Chart. February 13, 2020. Statista. Accessed May 26, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1095776/china-change-of-global-outbound-travel-bookings-from-wuhan-virus-during-chinese-new-year-region/
The Moodie Davitt Report. (2020). Actual change of outbound flight bookings affected by the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak from China in worldwide regions from January 19 to February 9, 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 26, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1095776/china-change-of-global-outbound-travel-bookings-from-wuhan-virus-during-chinese-new-year-region/
The Moodie Davitt Report. "Actual Change of Outbound Flight Bookings Affected by The Coronavirus Covid-19 Outbreak from China in Worldwide Regions from January 19 to February 9, 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Feb 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1095776/china-change-of-global-outbound-travel-bookings-from-wuhan-virus-during-chinese-new-year-region/
The Moodie Davitt Report, Actual change of outbound flight bookings affected by the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak from China in worldwide regions from January 19 to February 9, 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1095776/china-change-of-global-outbound-travel-bookings-from-wuhan-virus-during-chinese-new-year-region/ (last visited May 26, 2022)
