On Friday May 1, the first national holiday since Spring Festival begins. Officially this holiday consists of five days off for the Labor Day holidays, with two 'make-up-for-lost-work' compensation days in the weekends preceding and following the holiday.

However, this year many students and teachers will have to make up for class time that was lost over the last couple of months and won't enjoy the full holiday. Furthermore, teachers and students are advised not to travel outside Kunming. For those who do have the full five days off, with business, everyday life and social gatherings having been severely disrupted because of Covid-19 measures, it will not be a holiday as usual just yet either.

Here are some tips for things to do in Kunming, or further afield in Yunnan. Please be sure to have the green 'health code' (see 'Embassy and Chinese government advice') on your phone and head out for a well-deserved break, while keeping the ongoing Covid-19 situation and necessary measures in mind. If you have a quarantine certificate or a health certificate it would be a good idea to bring them with you when you travel.

A Kunming staycation

Not traveling? Kunming has plenty to offer, whether it's indoors or outdoors.

Parks have reopened in Kunming, and as this is the season of