Shanghai's authorities are boosting financial support to help enterprises in the tourism industry recover from the coronavirus outbreak. Twelve new measures were released today to help businesses in the tourism industry impacted by the pandemic and fuel their development. "Tourism is among the worst hit industries by the COVID-19 pandemic, and efforts have already been made to offset the impact and help companies resume normal operations," Fang Shizhong, director of the Shanghai Administration of Culture and Tourism, told a press conference today. "As the pandemic is under control in the nation, China's tourism industry is recovering, and pent-up tourism demand has been released in the domestic tourism market, calling for new measures."