Taking the safe scenic route
China DailyVisitors walk on a bridge at a wetland park in Huangshan, Anhui province, on April 10. Over the past three months, people across China led isolated lives, confined in limited spaces at home and spending their time telecommuting, cooking, overindulging in cellphone usage and interacting with only family members. A report by Ctrip, an online provider of travel services based in Shanghai, stated that more people booked for tours within their provinces last month, triple that of March. According to an analysis by the China Tourism Academy, most urban tourists traveled farther in April, with an average trip radius of 3.6 kilometers during the Tomb Sweeping Day holiday -a 36.8 percent increase of that during Spring Festival. "I need to go to the office every other week and my husband has been working from home since the outbreak," Qiao said.