Trans-provincial tours can resume and tourist number limit is loosened, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism said.

Previously the limit was 30 percent of maximum capacity, now it's 50 percent.

China's tourism market has been warming up, with effective epidemic prevention and control measures in place. The country saw around 48.81 million domestic tourist trips made during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday in late June, bringing in 12.28 billion yuan (around $1.74 billion), official data showed.