China News Service, Beijing, February 1 (Reporter Li Jinlei) During the Spring Festival holiday, 308 million domestic tourists traveled across the country, and the confidence in tourism consumption was boosted.

After the Spring Festival holiday, consumers' enthusiasm for travel has not diminished. The prices of air tickets, accommodation and other products in some popular destinations have dropped, and the popularity of off-peak travel is relatively high.

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Photo by Qiu Jian in the check-in hall of Harbin Airport

After the festival, the price of machine wine dropped sharply in many places

　　After the festival, air ticket prices entered a downward channel. According to the Ctrip platform, as of now, the average price of a one-way air ticket departing this week is 926 yuan, which is 20% lower than the average price during the Spring Festival of the Year of the Rabbit; after the festival, Sanya, Xishuangbanna, Dali and other popular tourist destinations Hotel prices have been cut in half compared to the Spring Festival, and the average price of domestic hotel orders has dropped by nearly 20% overall.

　　The data of the same trip also shows that the prices of air tickets and hotels in popular tourist destinations such as Sanya have fallen sharply.

Around February 1, the prices of air tickets from major cities to Sanya, Xiamen, Kunming, Shenyang and other popular Spring Festival tourist destinations plunged sharply, with discounts ranging from 10% to 40% off.

　　Hotel prices in popular tourist destinations have also generally fallen. For example, the average hotel prices (average price per night) in the four cities of Sanya, Xiamen, Dali, and Kunming from January 28 to January 31 dropped by 18.1%, 34.8%, 23.1% and 13.6%.

　　While the prices have dropped sharply, the passenger flow of local popular tourist attractions has dropped significantly compared with the Spring Festival holiday, and the travel comfort is relatively high, and the preferential ticket policies of some scenic spots are still valid.

　　According to the data from Tongcheng Travel, since January 28, local and surrounding travel hotspots have remained relatively popular, especially parent-child travel.

In terms of long-distance travel, the prices of air tickets, accommodation and other products in some popular destinations have dropped sharply, attracting peak-shift tourist flows. Popular destinations during the Spring Festival, such as Sanya, Xiamen, Dali, Kunming, Harbin, and Shenyang, remain relatively popular after the festival.

Data map: Chengdu border inspection police handle customs clearance procedures for inbound passengers.

Photo by Wang Zhicheng

Outbound travel after the new year becomes a popular option

　　With the increase in the number of flights to overseas tourist destinations such as Thailand, the prices of many flights have moved closer to those before the epidemic.

In the Ctrip APP, it can be found that in Thailand, in February, the price of a direct flight from Shanghai to Phuket was 1,600 yuan, and the price of a direct flight from Nanjing to Phuket was 2,000 yuan, which is a sharp dive from the price of about 7,000 to 10,000 yuan during the Spring Festival. .

　　According to tourists who went to Thailand for the Spring Festival holiday, even if they choose a connecting flight, the per capita round-trip ticket in Thailand during the Spring Festival still exceeds 7,000 yuan, far exceeding other expenses such as hotels.

　　People in the industry believe that with the reduction of transportation costs and the improvement of flight accessibility, the competitiveness of outbound tourism will be greatly enhanced.

　　With the flight resumption and encrypted news, the return of Chinese tourists to the global market is also expected.

According to Ctrip's statistics, as of the end of January, there were more than 40 domestic outbound resumption routes in February, and the average number of resumption flights per week exceeded 140.

In addition, from the price point of view, the price of 30% of the flights is lower than the average transaction price in the same period in 2019, and the price of about 10% of the flights is even more than 30% cheaper than in 2019.

Residents' Confidence in Travel and Consumption Strengthens

　　During the long Spring Festival holiday in 2023, the domestic tourism market will recover strongly, and subdivisions such as tourist attractions and homestays in some areas have returned to pre-epidemic levels.

　　In view of the good performance of tourism consumption during the Spring Festival holiday, people's confidence in tourism consumption is also steadily recovering.

　　At present, some consumers have begun to pay attention to the travel and travel planning of the next long holiday in advance.

From January 23rd to January 29th, the searches for "May Day" on the Tongcheng travel platform increased by 209% week-on-week. new highs in months.

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