BEIJING -- Chinese spending over the Lunar New Year holiday weakened from 2021 amid strict measures to fight sporadic COVID-19 outbreaks and control people's movements due to the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Total tourist receipts for the seven-day holiday that began on Jan. 31 dropped 3.9% from last year to 289.2 billion yuan ($45.5 billion), while domestic trips fell 2% to 251 million, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism on Sunday.
