Sino-Singapore Jingwei client April 4th (Feng Fang) is the Qingming season. At the moment of the epidemic, this Qingming is different from the past. On the one hand, air tickets to and from many hot cities in China are as low as "cabbage prices", and train tickets are sufficient. On the other hand, many provinces have gradually released local tours, and many scenic spots have pushed for "ticket-free" measures. In addition, in response to the Qingming rituals and customs, the official promulgated policies to propose "cloud rituals and sweeps" and "sacrifice and ritual sweeps."
Ticket "cabbage price", sufficient train tickets
Affected by the epidemic, everyone remembered the word "house", and the demand for travel plummeted, which caused a great impact on the transportation industry such as aviation. On April 1, the International Air Transport Association analysis report pointed out that based on the assumption that "strict travel restrictions will last for three months," the global air transport industry's annual demand will decline by 38% year-on-year. In the second quarter, the global air transport industry expected a net loss of $ 39 billion.
Partial airfare from Beijing to Shanghai on April 4. Source: Ctrip Travel App
Under this circumstance, air tickets between many domestic hotspot cities have been discounted sharply during the holiday season. The Sino-Singapore Jingwei client inquired about the online travel platform and found that the ticket prices for hot air between Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Xi'an, Chengdu and other hot cities were as low as 30% off or 40% off or even 1% off. Taking Beijing on April 4 as an example, the economy class fare of a flight from Beijing to Shanghai is 11% off, and it only costs 170 yuan one way.
Source: Sina Weibo
Faced with such a low price, some netizens said that "giant want to go out to play, hotels are cheap, and air tickets and high-speed rail tickets are also cheap." Some netizens could not help expressing "True Fragrance" and vowed that "Flying from Shanghai to Xi'an in Qingming every time, the fare was about 2000 each way". The Sino-Singapore Jingwei client's query found that if the trip took place on April 4th, the one-way economy class fare for multiple flights from Shanghai to Xi'an was around 500 yuan, and business class and first class tickets were mostly more than a thousand yuan.
On April 4th, the remaining tickets for some trains from Beijing to Shanghai. Source: Railway 12306 APP
In addition, with regard to domestic train tickets, every New Year holiday is often difficult to obtain. The Sino-Singapore Jingwei client inquired about the railway 12306 platform and found that as of the time of publication, during the Qingming period, there were sufficient train tickets between multiple hotspot cities. Most of the trains were marked with "Yes", and occasionally there were train tickets showing Single-digit tickets or "reserve tickets".
Free admission in many places
Of course, not only the transportation industry, but also the development of the tourism industry has been affected to some extent by the epidemic. Public reports indicate that the World Tourism Organization recently released a report that considers tourism to be one of the industries most affected by the epidemic globally. The report predicts that the number of tourists in 2020 will be 20% -30% lower than in 2019, and the output value of the tourism industry will lose $ 2.1 trillion. Among them, the Asia-Pacific region is the most affected, and the industry output is expected to lose nearly $ 800 billion.
In order to support the recovery of the tourism industry, various localities have introduced a number of policies such as financial support, financial policies, tax and fee reductions, cost reductions, and government services. In addition, many scenic spots offer "free tickets" to attract tourists.
Data Map: Huangshan Scenic Area. Photograph by Zhang Yan of China and Singapore
On April 1st, Huangshan Scenic Spot in Anhui Province exempted local tourists; on April 2nd, Jinfoshan Scenic Spot in Nanchuan District of Chongqing City introduced a ticket-free measure for the Qingming small holiday. Prior to this, scenic spots in Zhejiang and Gansu provinces issued a policy of opening tickets free to tourists from all over the country, and some scenic spots in Sichuan Province and Nanjing City have already been “officially announced” for a limited time. Among them, Sichuan Province announced that 112 tourist attractions in the province will waive tickets for all tourists in April.
Earlier, data from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism showed that as of March 16, 3,714 A-level tourist attractions in 28 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) across the country have resumed business, with a return rate of more than 30%. The Sino-Singapore Jingwei client combed and found that with the approach of the Qingming Festival, many places have recently notified the gradual resumption of local tours, and inter-provincial tours are still suspended. As of now, 30 provinces have gradually opened up local tourism, but the emphasis varies from place to place. For example, Hainan Province requires the Hainan Health Code of the participating tourists to be a green code, Shaanxi Province requires that travel agencies and online tourism companies follow the principle of "zoning and classification", and Gansu and Henan require travel agencies to implement the "One Mission one report ".
Judging from the data, Qingming is approaching, and short-distance tourism has indeed picked up. Flying Pig data shows that from March 17th to 23rd, bookings for Qingming Holiday train tickets and scenic spots increased by more than 100% from the previous week. Most of the bookings were in the provincial section, and hotel bookings increased by about 30%. According to Qunar's data, during the upcoming Qingming holiday, the city tour and 1-hour high-speed rail tour took the lead in breaking the ice, and domestic resort hotel bookings increased by over 120% from the previous week.
Want to sacrifice ancestors when traveling? Official: Suggest "cloud offering sweep"
Qingming Festival is not only a legal holiday but also a traditional Chinese holiday. In addition to the outings, the ancestral grave sacrifice is also a great custom of Qingming. Although local tourism has gradually been released in various places, during the epidemic, officials still recommend "cloud ritual sweep" and "sacrifice ritual sweep" for ancestral worship and other acts.
On March 14, the Ministry of Civil Affairs issued the "Notice on Doing a Good Job in the Qingming Festival in 2020". The notice proposes that the sacrifice and scandal services of funeral and interment service institutions may be temporarily suspended in high-risk areas, and service items such as relatively closed indoor sacrifice-scan places may be closed or postponed.
At the press conference of the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council on April 1, Fan Yu, deputy director of the Department of Social Affairs of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, introduced that 31 provinces and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps had introduced policy arrangements for the Qingming Festival this year. For on-site sacrifice and sweeping services, nine provinces, including Hubei, proposed to suspend on-site sacrifice and sweeping services for funeral and interment service agencies throughout the province. Some other cities in other provinces have also made similar arrangements. Prologue opened on-site offering sweep.
Fan Yu mentioned that this year the Ministry of Civil Affairs is also vigorously promoting off-site sacrifice and sweeping sacrifice, including online sacrifice sweeping, family reflection, and public welfare sacrifice services. Public reports indicate that many cemeteries have launched the service of sweeping sacrifices. For example, a graveyard in Nanning, Guangxi launched a paid sacrifice sweep. The ceremonialist first wiped the tombstone with a towel, placed the offerings such as fruits and flowers in front of the tomb, and then read the message from the relatives of the deceased. Live.
Regarding paid sacrifice, Fan Yu emphasized that conditional cemetery and other funeral service organizations can provide some personalized sacrifice services to the families of the deceased in need. Anyone who provides paid sacrifice services must publicize the service items and prices, and make it clear to the masses that they must be legal and compliant, and must not arbitrarily charge fees. (Zhongxin Jingwei APP)
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