China News Service, Beijing, February 8th (Reporter Li Jinlei) According to data from the National Immigration Administration, the number of people entering and exiting the country reached 676,000 on February 6, a new high since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, compared with the implementation of the "Class B and B Management" policy. The previous daily average growth rate was 124.2%.

　　Zhongxin Finance noticed that the improvement of the convenience of leaving the country and the lower price of cross-border air tickets have prompted many users to take advantage of the off-season travel in February and March to start cross-border travel in spring.

　　According to data from online travel platforms, as of February 7, the number of cross-border air ticket orders for February and March has increased by 87% from the previous two months, and the number of overseas hotel orders has increased by 52% from the previous month. The momentum of outbound travel continues to be hot.

　　The resumption and addition of international routes by airlines, and the off-season promotions of overseas hotels have also directly promoted affordable travel for tourists in the February-March season.

According to Ctrip's data, the cost of international air tickets and hotels for travel in February and March is about 30% cheaper than in January.

Data map: In the international arrival area of ​​Terminal T2 of Shanghai Pudong International Airport, passengers walk out of the immigration channel.

Photo by Yin Liqin

Cross-border flights "increase in volume and fall in price"

　　Since the implementation of the "Class B and B management" policy, the recovery of international flight volume has accelerated. According to the data from the FlightAI market insight platform, the volume of cross-border flights from January 8 to February 7 has increased by 47% from the previous month. Flight sorties have recovered to 13.1% of the same period in 2019.

　　According to the data from the travel platform, the top 10 cities of departure for outbound air tickets in February are Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Xiamen, Chengdu, Nanjing, Qingdao, Tianjin, and Shenzhen.

The top 10 destination cities for popular air tickets are Macau, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Phuket, Singapore, Tokyo, Kuala Lumpur, Phnom Penh, Chiang Mai, and Dubai.

　　From the perspective of flight prices, there is a trend of "increasing volume and falling prices".

According to data from the Ctrip platform, as of February 7, the average one-way tax-included price of cross-border air tickets from February to March was 3,010 yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 22% and a month-on-month decrease of 25%.

　　According to industry insiders, the current price of intercontinental flights is still at a high level, making the overall average price relatively high, but the actual air ticket prices for many dates in Hong Kong, Macau and Southeast Asia have become very "exciting".

Such as Shanghai to Macau 900+, Shenzhen to Manila 1000+, Guangzhou to Phnom Penh 1300+.

The average price of overseas hotels has dropped by more than 10%

　　While cross-border air tickets have soared, overseas hotels have also truly felt the "enthusiasm" of Chinese tourists.

　　According to Ctrip data, from February to March 2023, the order volume of overseas hotel bookings by mainland Chinese users increased by 52% month-on-month, but at the same time, the average price of overseas hotel orders decreased by 11% month-on-month, and the most expensive order overseas The price of the Staggered Peak Tour Hotel is as high as more than 80,000, and it is located in Cairo, Egypt.

　　Judging from the hotel prices in the cities where air ticket orders are most popular this month, in February and March, except for Macau, Phuket, and Chiang Mai, the average price of hotel orders increased, and the average price of the other seven cities decreased from the previous two months. 10%, of which the price of Dubai hotels has been reduced by nearly 20%.

　　It is worth noting that the first batch of "post-00s" who entered the workplace exploded with strong consumption power. In February and March this year, the number of overseas hotel bookings of "post-00s" increased by more than three times compared with the same period in 2019.

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