Liuzhou, 5 May (ZXS) -- China's "other economy" continues to heat up and pet tour groups are on the rise
Written by Lin Xin
During the "May Day" holiday, scenic spots across China are crowded with people, and people bring pets to "check in" scenic spots, which has become a special landscape. Many "shovel officers" spend thousands of yuan (RMB, the same below) to report to the group, take their pets to swim on the island, run on the grass, and feel the "poetry and the distance".
The holiday of the "post-90s" Xiaoyu (pseudonym) in Liuzhou City, Guangxi is particularly fulfilling. She took 4 dogs and signed up for two pet trips in a row. After the trip to Shanglin Dalong Lake in Nanning, Xiaoyu took 4 dogs and set off for Yangjiang Hailing Island with the group. "Two trips cost thousands of dollars. But to be able to travel with the dogs and watch them have fun, I think it's worth it. "For Xiaoyu, these four dogs are family-like, and the oldest dog has been kept for 4 years.
There are many people like Xiaoyu who travel with pets. According to Yang Yaohua, the person in charge of "Where to Go for Guangxi Dogs", which organizes pet travel, during this year's "March 3" and "May Day" holidays, they launched a number of pet travel projects, all of which were favored by "shovel officials". He said: "Every time the travel event is previewed, hundreds of pet owners sign up. ”
As early as 2006, Yang Yaohua, who has a pet, began to "test the waters" of pet travel. At first, he just tried to organize friends in the pet group to drive around the neighborhood together. Later, Yang Yaohua gradually accumulated rich experience in operation and traveling with pets, cultivated a large number of "customer groups", and slowly developed into a tour group scale in recent years. "There is an increasing demand for traveling with pets, and our customers have grown from a dozen to hundreds."
In Yang Yaohua's view, pet travel sounds good, but it is not simple to implement. Many pet families want to travel, but suffer from the problem of "no pets allowed" such as public transportation and scenic hotels. Contacting and coordinating with scenic hotels as a team can avoid the embarrassment of individual guests being turned away.
During the "May Day" holiday, "shovel officer" Wei Ni put on a floral skirt for her dog "Yiyi", dressed up beautifully, and signed up for a trip together. She said: "Since I got a dog, I haven't traveled, I am worried that the dog will be alone at home and there is no one to take care of, I want to take the dog with me, and I am afraid that the hotel will not allow it." This time, the "Pet Tour" activity addressed Weinie's concerns.
In order to avoid problems such as pets hurting people and defecating in the open, the "shovel officer" involved in pet tourism will also lead the dog leash when carrying the pet dog, and bring their own poop bags and clean up excrement in time.
Nowadays, the new game of "pet tours" has quietly become popular. During the "May Day" holiday, the organizer of an event in Sichuan launched a pet charter tour, and pet owners took their pets from Chengdu to Sanya for travel. In addition, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Beijing and other places have "pet tours" to hold groups, from one-day to multi-day tours, there are many choices.
According to the 2023 May Day Shunfeng Travel Forecast Report released by Hello Hitchhiker, more than 10,<> pets are expected to ride on the "May Day" holiday to accompany pet owners. In order to better meet the needs of "shovel officers" traveling with pets, many hotels in China have launched special services to welcome consumers traveling with pets.
The "pet tour group" is favored by the "shovel officer", which also reflects the increasing income and consumption power of the Chinese people, and the pursuit of a more advanced quality of life. According to data released by iMedia Consulting, it is expected that the scale of China's pet economy industry will reach 2025.8114 billion yuan in <>. (End)