Claim: An image on X claimed that the total number of tourists who arrived in Shanghai airports in the first two months of 2024 was only 10,000. It also said the city recorded 3.7 million inbound travelers in 2019 as a comparison. The X user further claimed that 80% of visitors to the city in January were residents of Hong Kong and Macao.
Fact-check: False: Viral image about international passenger traffic in Shanghai is widely inaccurate | annie lab
Verdict: false. official data shows the number of international arrivals in shanghai in january 2024 was 358,300, far more than the 10,000 the social media post suggested. meanwhile, hong kong and macao residents made up only 9.7% of the total visitors, much lower than the 80% the post claimed. the number of international arrival passengers in january and february 2019 was 1,161,200, not 3.7 million.
Organisation: annie lab
Author: Jasmine Zhang
Date published: 2024-03-18T08:22:05