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XI’AN - Just within Xi’an’s historic city walls is the Bell Tower district, an area dotted with eateries usually popular with tourists. On a wintry Thursday night, snaking queues formed outside hotpot restaurants and skewer shops, where customers sat on little plastic stools as they waited.
Down the road in Yanta District, there was barely a queue for tickets to enter the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda, a once-popular tourist attraction. In pursuit of a zero-Covid policy, various provinces and regions started increasing travel restrictions following a spike in cases after the summer holidays. “I used to be able to do that about 14 nights a month to supplement my income, but by end-November it stopped, because people were getting sick and not going out,” he said. “Some people offered me a lot to ferry their relatives to the hospital, but I didn’t dare to because I still haven’t been infected.”
“For a time, this was a place that attracted free-spirited wanderers and artists who wanted a break from the mainstream,” the 37-year-old told ST.But as China’s zero-Covid policy took hold and economic disruptions widened, consumer sentiment started to wane, with many reluctant to spend on non-essentials such as holidays.
When ST visited several hospitals across the city last week – including Xi’an Gaoxin Hospital, which drew flak after
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