Upturn in Shanghai business

Hotels in Shanghai were starting to show signs of an upturn in business by the first week of June, said
Shanghai Daily. Occupancy at the Renaissance Yangtze Shanghai Hotel had risen to 40
percent from a low of 15 per cent in May. The Courtyard by Marriott Hotel Pudong said
occupancy had been a respectable 47 per cent in May and early July, against a normal level
of8O-85 percent.
Shanghai residents were returning to public transport in early June,
said the newspa-per. About 80,000 people a day were travel-ling on trains in and out of
Shanghai railway station, compared with a low-point of 60,000 during the Sars scare.
However, a spokesman for Shanghai Railway Administration said it would take some time
before public confidence in travelling was restored. The number of commuters on the
metro had increased from 600,000 a day to 900,000 by early June.