Beijing, 4 Apr (Zhongxin Net) -- Where to go on May Day has become a major topic of conversation recently.
With the May Day holiday just around the corner, a tourism boom is gaining momentum, and people are eager to take a trip in the spring. According to the data of many travel platforms, domestic travel orders have skyrocketed, and the demand for long-term travel has exploded. At the same time, the volume and price of air tickets have risen, and many people call out "air tickets are expensive".
Sanya tourist information map. Photo by Wu Jiaju
The number of domestic travel orders on May Day skyrocketed
"I went home for the Spring Festival this year, there is only one day during the Qingming holiday, there is no time to go out to play, we are ready to go to Qingdao, Shandong Province on 'May Day'. Drink beer, eat seafood, blow the sea breeze and relax. Mr. Liu, who works in Beijing, shared his "May Day" travel plan with Zhongxin Financial Reporter.
There are many people like Mr. Liu who want to go out during the May Day holiday to "spread joy". The popularity of the travel market can be seen from the surge in travel orders on major travel platforms.
According to Ctrip's data, domestic travel orders have reached the same level as in 2019, with a year-on-year increase of more than 7 times. Outbound bookings for mainland outbound tours increased by more than 18 times year-on-year, and the number of overseas package tour registrations increased by 4% compared with the beginning of April.
"The backlog of consumer demand since February is expected to be released during the May Day period. Major tourist cities and holiday destinations in the country will benefit. Outbound travel is also expected to usher in a small climax during the May Day holiday. Fang Zexi, an industry analyst at Ctrip Research Institute, said.
"May Day domestic travel should be expected to exceed the same period in 2019 overall, especially in terms of the number of people." Zhou Weihong, deputy general manager of Spring Autumn Tourism, told Zhongxin Financial Reporter that it is expected that local travel, peripheral travel, domestic inter-provincial tourism and outbound tourism will all have sufficient growth, and some areas will exceed the 2019 data, further driving the comprehensive recovery of tourism.
Data map: Yuyuantan Park is crowded. Photo by China News Network reporter Li Jinlei
Eager to go further with a long tour blowout
This year's "May Day" holiday is from April 4 to May 29, and if you take three days off from May 5 to May 3, you can spell out a nine-day long holiday.
This holiday, residents are enthusiastic about long-term tours. Tongcheng travel data shows that during the May Day holiday, the demand for domestic long-term travel and outbound travel exploded, and the number of orders for long-term travel destinations such as Yunnan, Hainan, Sichuan and Xinjiang increased by more than 15 times month-on-month, and outbound travel orders increased by nearly 5 times month-on-month.
According to Ctrip's data, as of April 4, more than 6% of orders for long-distance travel on May Day, and long-term travel orders increased by 811% year-on-year. From the perspective of growth rate, the year-on-year increase in local tour orders on May Day is relatively small, which also shows that more tourists hope to go further during the five-day long holiday.
According to the latest data from Spring and Autumn Tourism, as of April 4, during the "May Day" period, nearly eighty percent of people chose Spring and Autumn domestic long-term products for travel in the same period of 9. It is believed that as the holiday approaches, the number of people will continue to grow.
The popularity of outbound tourism continues to rise. As of April 4, the overall booking volume of mainland outbound travel products increased by more than 6 times year-on-year. The top 18 destinations for outbound travel are: Thailand, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, Macau, the United States, Indonesia and the Philippines.
During the "May Day" holiday, people are eager to go further, and suburban tours are relatively less popular than in previous years. The landlord of a homestay in Huairou, Beijing, told Zhongxin Financial Reporter on April 4 that this year's suburban homestay is not as good as last year, and only 12 days are booked out for the 5 days of the "May Day" holiday. Most of the surrounding B&Bs are similar, that is, half of last year's bookings did not arrive.
Some popular hotels on "May Day" are fully booked
Which destinations are popular during the May Day holiday? According to Tongcheng travel data, as of April 4, the most popular domestic tourist destinations for the May Day holiday were Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Xi'an, Changsha, Shenzhen, Hangzhou and Kunming.
According to Ctrip's data, as of April 4, the overall travel registration in Shanghai, Beijing, Nanjing, Chengdu, Xi'an, Hangzhou, Chongqing, Wuhan, Guangzhou and Changsha during the May Day period was relatively popular. The number of bookings for "May Day" in many places has exceeded the same period in 6, and popular tourist destinations such as Chengdu, Changsha, Qingdao, Suzhou, Fuzhou and Zhuhai have exceeded 2019 by more than 2019%.
It is worth noting that during this year's "May Day" holiday, the booking cycle of hotels and other tourism products has been significantly extended, and some popular hotels have been fully booked as early as early March. Tongcheng travel data shows that at present, there are many hotels around Dali Ancient City, Phoenix Ancient City, as well as popular scenic spots such as Huangshan, Datang Sleepless City, and Hongya Cave.
The number of tourist orders in Dali exceeded 2019% in 190, while Weihai increased by more than 300%. During the May Day period, some room types at Seaview Hotel near Dali Erhai were fully booked, and 11450,<> Seaview Suites worth <>,<> on Ctrip's platform were fully booked.
Source: Tongcheng Travel.
Airfares have increased significantly
While the enthusiasm for travel is high, the volume and price of air ticket bookings are also rising.
According to data obtained by Zhongxin financial reporters from Tongcheng Travel, as of April 4, the average price of air ticket orders for this year's "May Day" exceeded 10,2000 yuan, mainly for medium and long-term flights.
The ticket prices for the May Day holiday on some popular routes have increased significantly. Taking Beijing-Sanya as an example, the price of economy class on April 4 is basically about one or two thousand yuan, while the price on the first day of the "May Day" holiday (April 27) is about two or three thousand yuan, and the full price of some economy class exceeds 4,29 yuan.
"I really want to go to Chengdu or Chongqing on May Day, but the round-trip ticket is really expensive" "'May Day' wants to go out to play, looked at the air ticket and the hotel, and was deterred..." Many netizens complained about the price of "May Day" air tickets on social media.
Everywhere do everything possible to "grab tourists"
Various localities have introduced preferential measures to "grab tourists" before "May Day".
Sanya began to issue 13 tourism consumption coupons on the 2023th, which will be issued in April and September, with a total amount of 4 million yuan. The 9 Hunan Cultural Tourism Consumption Season has recently been launched, and more than 3500 million yuan of cultural tourism consumption coupons will be issued.
From March 3, Hebei Province will implement a free toll policy for the Hebei section of the highway from 31 o'clock on Friday to 12 o'clock on Sunday, and the free policy will last until December 20 this year. From April 12st to April 31th, Chaka Salt Lake in Qinghai Province will implement a half-price preferential policy for tickets.
Recently, Zibo, Shandong Province became popular with the barbecue festival network, in order to transform the barbecue "traffic" into cultural tourism "retention", more than 10 scenic spots in Zibo have successively issued preferential policies of "high-speed rail tickets for free exchange of scenic spot tickets".
What are your plans for the May Day holiday? (End)