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A long-time expatriate reader says visitors he met recently have all been pleasantly surprised by the city, despite the bleak picture painted by foreign media.

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Life insurance sales to mainland Chinese visitors rose by 28 times in the first quarter, as the reopening of the border unleashed a wave of pent-up demand, data from the Insurance Authority showed.

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In this edition of the Global Impact newsletter, we take the temperature of the Asian travel sector as it continues to open up after years of closed borders and quarantine.

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Tourism figures from February to this month show 86 per cent of tour trips from mainland China lasted one to two days and 54 per cent cost less than 500 yuan.

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Economists say recovery should continue to gain traction in months ahead, given stronger than expected number of mainland Chinese tourists visiting city.