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SHANGHAI, April 30-- The upcoming five-day International Labor Day holiday will be an opportunity for tourism and consumption since China entered the phase of regular epidemic prevention and control. The number of domestic trips to be made in the holiday is estimated to be over twice the number of that made in the three-day Tomb-sweeping Day holiday in April, said major online travel agencies in China. How will the country guarantee healthy and safe travels while boosting tourism and consumption in the holiday? BOOMING RESERVATIONS Among comprehensive prevention and control measures during the holiday, tours to all of Shanghai's top tourist attractions should be reserved to avoid gatherings of people. "Safety comes first," said Yu Xiufen, head of the Shanghai Municipal Administration of Culture and Tourism. The city, with 84 major tourist attractions and over 5,200 hotels reopened, will be the largest tourist destination as well as the largest tourist source for the holiday, according to booking data from Trip.com Group. However, reopened tourist sites should receive no more than 30 percent of their daily or real-time visitor capacity, according to a circular jointly released by China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the National Health Commission on April 13. People enjoy themselves at the Shanghai Happy Valley in east China's Shanghai Municipality April 5, 2020. (Shanghai Happy Valley/Handout via Xinhua) | 
