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Research - JULY 14, 2021

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Investors buying up Chinese hotels, betting on rebound

by Andrea Zander

Investors are snapping up more  hotels and service apartments in Mainland China, betting on a rebound in tourism, reported South China Morning Post.

“We’ve seen huge pent-up travel demand in the post-COVID-19 era,” said Lucia Leung, associate director of research and consultancy for Greater China at Knight Frank. “The bustling domestic tourism [industry] has become an important engine of the recovering hotel market.”

The value of hotel transactions amounted to $1.3 billion in the first six months this year, a 54 percent jump from the same period a year earlier.

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