The number of travelers is expected to exceed the same period in 2019, and it is difficult to find a ticket for a ticket and a room for a hotel and homestay

How to get a better experience during the "May Day" holiday of "people following the crowd"?

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This year's "May Day" holiday is expected to exceed the same period in 2019, and major attractions will reproduce the crowded situation. How to avoid peak traffic and improve the travel experience? Tourism professionals are advised to calm down and travel rationally, tourists who have not booked tickets, tickets and hotels can choose local tours, worry about congestion out of the city can choose public transportation, and it is best to make risk estimates for long-distance travel.

The "May Day" holiday is just around the corner. With the steady turn of the epidemic, as the first real small holiday since the Spring Festival, this year's "May Day", major attractions will reproduce the crowded situation.

Ctrip's platform predicts that the number of trips during this year's May Day holiday is expected to exceed the level of the same period in 2019 and reach a new high of 2 million. Air tickets are hard to find, hotels and guesthouses are also "volume and price rise", and the "crowd" model seems unavoidable. Although the highway is free to pass, industry insiders believe that tourists in major cities may still be very congested when they travel out of the city by car...

These problems in long-term holiday travel have been staged many times before the epidemic, and many people are worried about this time. How to arrange travel more reasonably, enhance the sense of travel experience, and enjoy a rare vacation? The reporter of "Workers' Daily" interviewed relevant platforms, travel agencies, and industry experts.

How to pick up missing train and plane tickets

"I have booked my train tickets for the first two days of my holiday, which are easier to grab than on the day of my holiday. The epidemic has been suffocated in recent years, and I want to go out and play. Mr. Zhao, a Beijing resident, said that in order to buy travel tickets, many friends around him wanted to take leave in advance.

The price is high and the remaining tickets are small, making it difficult to book tickets on May Day this year. According to air travel data, since mid-April, the "May Day" holiday air tickets have ushered in a peak booking period. On April 4, the number of May Day air ticket bookings hit a new single-day high, up about 4.17 times from the single-day bookings at the beginning of the month. As of April 5, the average price paid for domestic air tickets (excluding tax) during the May Day holiday was about 4,4 yuan, which was about 17% higher than the price of air tickets during this year's Spring Festival holiday. Qunar data shows that as of April 1234, the average price paid for the "May Day" holiday ticket has increased by 18% compared with 4, the price of economy class tickets on many popular routes has risen to full price, and the economy class of some routes has been sold out.

It is understood that passengers who have not yet bought tickets are still buying tickets through various channels and are unwilling to give up their precious holidays. Some travelers say they can go wherever they buy tickets. On the Qunar platform, there are still surplus tickets for "May Day" to go to the northwest region, such as Beijing-Xining, Shanghai-Yinchuan, Guangzhou-Lanzhou, etc. If you use the functions of "changing seats in the car" and "transferring at the same platform" on the Qunar platform, you can "go directly" to multiple destinations across the country. At the same time, some routes also have low-cost tickets to "pick up leaks", on April 4, Beijing to Shenyang, Ningbo, Taiyuan, Shanghai to Nanchang, Beijing, Qingdao, Hangzhou to Shenzhen, Jinan, Dalian, all have discount tickets on sale.

There are tricks to travel around

Grabbing tickets is not easy, but grabbing them is only the first step in traveling. Hong Hao, the relevant person in charge of Beijing Xiangrui International Tourism Co., Ltd., said that for tourists, round-trip tickets are secondary, and the most important thing is the accommodation problem of arriving at the tourist location.

"Some travelers will choose hotels in several cities in advance and go wherever they can grab tickets." Hong Hao said that on May Day this year, the reservation price of popular city hotels increased at a relatively high rate, and it was difficult to find a room.

Hong Hao believes that the "May Day" holiday is approaching, if tourists have not yet booked round-trip tickets and hotels, they should calm down and choose local or peripheral tours. "Some people living in Beijing may not have been to local famous attractions and beautiful scenic spots, and they do not necessarily have to travel across provinces to catch up with the bustle."

In the past, the "May Day" self-driving out of the city encountered heavy congestion, sometimes a block for a whole day, so that the happy tourists have not yet arrived at the destination of the heart is half cold. This situation can also be avoided, and visitors to the local area can choose to take public transportation. Taking Beijing as an example, the reporter learned that Huairou, Miyun and other popular scenic spots around Beijing have direct trains, the journey time is less than 1 hour, and the fare is not expensive, about 10 yuan to 30 yuan.

Compared with unknown traffic jam time, tourists choose this way of travel, which can greatly reduce the uncertainty on the road and may save a day's time to play than others.

"No matter how good the scenery is, if you visit in a crowded state, you will not have a good experience." The relevant person in charge of China Staff International Travel Service said that during the "May Day" holiday, the high cost of visiting popular cities and scenic spots is inevitable, and the phenomenon of crowded queues in scenic spots is inevitable. It is a better choice to avoid the flow of people and indulge the landscape with a lower cost during a small long holiday.

New ideas for outbound travel

Domestic travel is popular, and outbound tourism is not low. According to Jiang Wen, CEO of Ctrip Group Tours, the products of tour groups in Europe, the Middle East and Africa around May Day have basically been sold out, and there are still a small number of places left in Thailand, Singapore, Cambodia and Vietnam in Southeast Asia.

Hong Hao said that it is difficult to book in popular outbound travel countries, but some countries can still make choices. For example, in Japan and South Korea, due to the epidemic situation is not fully opened, the declaration process is more complicated and there are many conditions, but tourists with conditions can give it a try. Now, round-trip airfares from Beijing to Osaka during the May Day period are even cheaper than round-trip airfares between some cities in China.

Some tourism experts remind that if you choose to travel with a group, you need to choose a regular travel agency with full qualifications, high reputation and good reputation; Sign a written contract, stipulate important information such as route, itinerary, transportation, accommodation standards, etc., and fully understand the details such as liquidated damages, refund conditions and proportions.

Independent travel requires detailed planning, understanding customs, and it is recommended to make a travel plan to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings. Self-driving tours should conduct a thorough inspection of the vehicle before travel to ensure that the vehicle is in good condition. When going to mountainous, canyon and wading areas, you should pay close attention to the weather and road forecast, and reasonably plan and adjust your travel route.

At the same time, accidental injury, sudden illness, damage to personal property, flight delays and baggage delays are all common risks in travel. For example, passengers may have acute gastrointestinal diseases due to soil and water incompatibility, and common respiratory infections such as colds and fevers caused by fatigue during the journey. In view of these risks, passengers are advised to arrange insurance including personal accident and acute illness medical treatment, travel carry-on property, travel obstruction, etc. before travel, in case of accidents. (Worker Daily reporter Zhou Yi)