China's leisure, tourism feel chilly grip of COVID curbs

Chinese leisure and tourism business are feeling the bite of the Country's zero tolerance for covid-19 as cities with concerns over the virus have close entertainment venues, restrict tourism or delay cultural events. A total of 484 dosmetically transmitted cases with confirmed symptoms were reported from Oct 15- Oct 31 , mostly in the north of China. Many of the infections were contributed from tourist who traveled across multiple regions thus complicating and prolonging contect-tracing efforts. Gross domestic product in July-September grew at the slowest in a year , partly dure to an outbreak over summer that affected over 40 cities.

- Covid 19 continues to rear its ugly head , putting China's economy growth into a standstill

- Tourism sectors continue to suffers due to Covid-19 restrictions implemented by China

- Many local infections found in the north and northwest part of China could be traced back to a source of virus bought in from overseas.

- China's zero tolerance policy is harming its country tourism industry with constant lockdowns