75.419 million people traveled during the Qingming holiday, and one data hit a new high

　　Zhongxin Finance, April 6 (Reporter Li Jinlei) The three-day Qingming holiday has passed in a flash.

This holiday season, travel is a little different.

75.419 million trips, spending 18.78 billion yuan

　　According to the data center of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, during the 3-day Qingming Festival holiday in 2022, there will be 75.419 million domestic tourist trips across the country, a year-on-year decrease of 26.2%, and a comparable recovery to 68.0% of the same period in 2019.

　　In addition, the domestic tourism revenue was 18.78 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 30.9% and recovery to 39.2% in the same period of 2019.

　　In other words, due to the impact and impact of the current round of the epidemic, the number of tourists and tourism revenue during the Qingming holiday in 2022 will decline year-on-year.

Data map: Beijing Yuyuantan Park Spring and Jingming, attracting tourists to linger in the sea of ​​flowers.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Hou Yu

Local leisure and proximity are the keynotes

　　Under the influence of the epidemic, the travel radius has been reduced, and local travel has become the main choice for tourists during this Qingming holiday.

　　The Ministry of Culture and Tourism pointed out that local leisure and recent vacations have become the main keynote of the Qingming Festival holiday. Location big data monitoring shows that

　　Driven by local tourism in the province, hotel bookings in a number of niche cities increased year-on-year at Qingming Festival last year.

Qunar platform data shows that in Qianjiang, Hubei, famous for its crayfish, hotel bookings during the Qingming Festival this year increased by 35% year-on-year; Xinjiang Altay Hotel bookings, which can still ski "spring snow", increased by 30% year-on-year.

On April 4, many tourists camped in Wenyuhe Park in Beijing.

Photo by China News Service reporter Li Jinlei

Flower viewing is popular for outing, and camping is popular

　　Outings to enjoy flowers, camping in parks, and outdoor sports have become popular travel methods for tourists during the Qingming Festival.

　　The search volume of many popular flower viewing scenic spots in China has risen sharply. According to the data of Tongcheng Travel, the search volume of Qingcheng Mountain Qingming holiday increased by 284% month-on-month, and the search volume of Gubei Water Town increased by 268% month-on-month.

　　In addition, searches for "camping" across the country during the Qingming Festival this year increased by 98% month-on-month.

Some tourists will go to the outdoor mountains or parks to camp overnight, and some tourists will bring tents and experience the camping atmosphere around, returning home or staying in hotels at night.

　　Family camping is especially popular.

A reporter from Zhongxin Finance and Economics found in Wenyuhe Park in Beijing on the 4th that campsites are hard to find, full of tents, and the beach by the lake is "grown" with children. Under the bright spring, everyone had a great time.

"I didn't expect so many people! This is simply revenge tourism!" Many people sighed.

On April 4, tourists ride camels in the Crescent Spring Scenic Spot of Mingsha Mountain in Dunhuang.

Photo by Wang Binyin

The popularity of travel in the western region has grown rapidly

　　In the western tourism market, which was less affected by the current round of the epidemic, the tourism recovery during the Qingming Festival holiday was relatively high, and the tourism popularity in western regions such as Chongqing, Xi'an, Kunming, Urumqi, and Guiyang increased rapidly.

　　Qunar data shows that from April 1st to April 5th, the sales of tickets for Xi'an attractions increased by 12 times from March 27th to March 31st, and the number of hotel reservations increased by 22%.

Among them, the sales of tickets for Mount Cuihua and Qinling Safari Park are among the top ten sales of tickets for Qunar Qingming in the country, and more than 70% of the tourists are tourists from Shaanxi Province.

　　In addition, during this short holiday, "village + experiential" tourism continued to become popular.

Ctrip data shows that this year's Qingming rural tourism orders accounted for a 20% increase compared to before the epidemic.

The top 10 small and medium-sized cities in rural tourism orders are: Ya'an, Hanzhong, Neijiang, Wuzhong, Panzhihua, Zhongwei, Jingmen, Jiuquan, Nyingchi, Shangluo - western cities account for 90% of them, which is also different from the current round of epidemic. The degree of influence of the region is closely related.

Qingming air ticket price is lowest in nearly three years

　　As the travel radius of tourists has narrowed, air ticket prices have also ushered in a trough, and the air ticket prices of many popular routes have plummeted.

　　According to Qunar Big Data, as of April 4, the average price paid for economy class was 548 yuan for travel dates from April 1 to April 6, down nearly 20% year-on-year. The lowest price in the past three years.

　　In fact, air ticket prices remained at low discounts throughout April.

In some popular routes, there are many direct flights with 100% discount, and the price of naked tickets is about 100 yuan.

In the low-price list of domestic air tickets from Guangzhou, Chengdu, Beijing and other places, there are also many air tickets that are less than 10% off.

　　How did you spend this Qingming holiday?

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