Chinanews.com, June 6 -- Train tickets for the first day of the 8 Dragon Boat Festival will be officially on sale from the 2023th. Some reports predict that China's tourism market is expected to continue the momentum of "May Day" during this year's Dragon Boat Festival holiday.

On the 7th, Zhongxin Finance inquired about the 12306 APP and found that on June 6 (the day before the Dragon Boat Holiday), the high-speed rail bullet train tickets from Beijing to Zibo were sold out soon after they went on sale. The new "Internet celebrity city" may once again usher in the peak of passenger flow.

Data map: Jiangxi Nanchang Station, many passengers arrived at the station Photo by Liu Lixin

Dragon Boat Holiday train tickets on sale today Beijing, Chengdu and other cities are not decreasing

This year's Dragon Boat Festival will be closed from June 6 to 22, a total of 24 days. According to the current 3-day pre-sale period of national railway tickets, from June 15, passengers can purchase train tickets for June 6 through the railway 8 website and railway 12306 APP, and from June 12306, they can purchase train tickets for June 6.

During the holiday transportation period (April 4 to May 27), the national railway sent a total of 5 million passengers, an increase of 4.1 million passengers over the same period in 33, of which 2019.2794 million passengers were sent on April 4, setting a record high for single-day passenger sending by the railway.

Will the Dragon Boat Festival continue this momentum?

Qunar's "6 Dragon Boat Festival Tourism Forecast Report" released on June 5 shows that from the number of platform searches and advance bookings as of June 2023, China's tourism market is expected to continue the momentum of "May Day" during this year's Dragon Boat Festival holiday.

The data shows that affected by the length of the holiday, the Dragon Boat Festival holiday travel is still mostly peripheral travel and short-distance travel. However, thanks to smooth high-speed rail lines and low-cost air tickets, the "2-hour travel circle" around big cities has become a new trend in travel.

From the perspective of city selection, popular tourist cities such as Beijing, Chengdu, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Changsha, Chongqing and Xi'an have not decreased; Qingdao, Weihai, Hangzhou, Xiamen and other coastal cities have increased their popularity significantly.

Infographic: Zibo, Shandong, diners enjoying barbecue. Photo by China News Agency reporter Liang Ben

Will the Beijing-Zibo high-speed rail ticket "one ticket is difficult to find" reproduce the "rush to Zibo and bake"?

During the "May Day" holiday, "entering Zizi to catch up with baking" became popular on the whole network, and many "Internet celebrity cities" also ushered in the peak of passenger flow.

Statistics show that the overall tourism orders of Zibo's "May Day" increased by 2019% compared with 441, of which the "Eight Major Convenience Market" received more than 12,<> tourists on the first day of the holiday.

During the Dragon Boat Festival, can these popular destinations usher in peak passenger flow again?

Screenshot from 12306APP

Starting from the 7th, people can buy train tickets on June 6 (the day before the Dragon Boat Holiday), and at noon on the 21th, Zhongxin Finance inquired about the 7 APP and found that the high-speed rail bullet train tickets from Beijing to Zibo were snapped up soon after they went on sale. If passengers want to go to Zibo, they can only choose to buy tickets on standby or "buy long and short".

However, in terms of air tickets, prices may fall compared to "May Day". According to Ctrip, as of June 6, the average domestic air ticket price during the Dragon Boat Festival decreased by 5% compared with the May Day holiday, and the average outbound air ticket price was the same as the May Day holiday.

In addition, the travel group during the Dragon Boat Festival is still dominated by young people. According to Ctrip's data, as of June 6, the post-5s and post-90s generation accounted for nearly half of the Dragon Boat Festival holiday travel groups, and the post-00s generation accounted for nearly 80%.

Do you have travel plans during the Dragon Boat Festival? Where is the destination? (End)