Compared to previous years, the upcoming "October" holiday is very special: it is not only the 8-day Super Golden Week superimposed with the Mid-Autumn Festival, but also the first long holiday under the normalization of epidemic prevention and control.
At present, the tourism industry has launched a battle of "grabbing people", and many places have set off a wave of ticket price reductions for scenic spots. Over 500 scenic spots across the country have implemented different ticket free or discount policies. The most economical "Eleventh" Golden Week is about to come out.
The staff of the scenic spot reminded that the admission-free opening does not mean that they can enter the scenic spot at will. Tourists should still keep in mind "no travel without an appointment", and cooperate with the scenic spot to do well in the prevention and control of epidemic prevention and control such as entering the park health inspection and tourist diversion control.
Hundreds of A-level scenic spots can visit for free
The wave of ticket price cuts that started in the summer continued to "October." This wave of price cuts has a lot of gold: A-level scenic spots in many places join the ticket price reduction team, and some well-known scenic spots can even visit for free.
The 53 A-level scenic spots in Xi'an implement a ticket-free system, including Datang Furong Garden, Xi'an City Wall, Daming Palace National Heritage Park and other scenic spots; Qingdao's 12 state-owned government-priced A-level tourist attractions are open to domestic and foreign tourists free of tickets, and 5A-level scenic spots Laoshan Among them; Xinjiang Altay, which has recently restarted the tourism market, has launched 32 A-level scenic spots with free ticket discounts, including two 5A-level scenic spots-Kanas Scenic Area and Keketuo Sea View Area. The group club gives subsidies and incentive policies.
All A-level tourist attractions in Hubei Province have been opened to tourists from all over the country without tickets. What surprises tourists is that scenic spots with higher ticket prices such as Happy Valley and Ocean World are also free of tickets.
In addition, from August 1st, A-level tourist attractions in Guizhou Province will implement a 50% discount on tickets for all domestic and foreign tourists; Suzhou has recently launched a "1 yuan garden tour" activity for tourists from all over the country, and the scope of use covers Tiger Hill and Lingering Garden 14 well-known garden scenic spots in Suzhou including Humble Administrator's Garden.
Northwest China and surrounding areas become new favorites
As the Golden Week approaches, tourist businesses that have been holding back for more than half a year have launched multiple preferential activities to start a "competition war" for tourists in advance.
The reporter learned from a number of online travel platforms that the "Eleventh" travel products such as private tours, customized tours, and surrounding tours are the most popular.
According to Peng Liang, a researcher at Ctrip's Big Data Lab, the most popular tourist destinations during the "Eleventh" Golden Week this year include Hainan, Yunnan, Sichuan, and Shaanxi.
Due to the inability to travel abroad, tourists turned to domestic niche and in-depth destinations, using the 8-day holiday to go further. Tibet, Qinghai, Guizhou, Xinjiang and other western routes became the second echelon of popular destinations.
According to Ctrip data, the number of hot searches on National Day in the Northwest region increased by 475%, among which Gansu has the fastest increase in popularity, ranking fourth in the country's hot search destinations.
The travel time of passengers is expected to increase by 1.7 days compared with last year, which is 2.5 more provinces. "Crossing through most of China" has become a new travel trend in this year's "October".
Travel data on the same journey shows that, driven by the demand for surrounding travel, some of the surrounding homestays and resort hotels in some cities are "difficult to find a room".
The person in charge of many hotels and homestays in the suburbs of Beijing revealed that this year's "November" outing in Beijing was more popular than in previous years.
"More local tourists from Beijing came to Pinggu for travel. All rooms were basically fully booked in early September, half a month earlier than last year." Wang Mingqin, deputy general manager of CITIC Jinling Hotel, found that the average number of tourists staying during the "November" holiday in previous years was two For three days, this year, affected by the long holiday, the average staying time of booked tourists can be one day longer, and family groups have become the absolute main force in hotel accommodation during the "Eleventh" period.
Popular travel routes should be booked as early as possible
Statistics show that the benefits of the tourism industry chain are about 7 times the value of tickets, including accommodation, transportation, shopping and social wealth created indirectly.
The reporter learned that the 12 scenic spots in Qingdao received 864,800 tourists in one month after the free ticket was implemented on August 1, of which Laoshan received 474,000 tourists, an increase of 73.63% from the previous month. The secondary consumption of each scenic spot has increased significantly.
"After the opening of the scenic spot free of tickets, the number of tourists taking luxury cruise ships, sightseeing boats and drift boats has increased significantly." Laoshan Scenic Area staff introduced.
There are more tourists, and tourism consumption such as catering, accommodation, transportation, shopping, etc. is rapidly increasing. The staff of the local travel agency said with emotion: “The restoration of cross-provincial travel has allowed the travel agency’s business to grow from zero, and the ticket-free will allow the travel agency’s business to grow from there to more.”
There are also tourists who worry about whether the corresponding supporting facilities, service quality and tourism experience can keep up with the decline in ticket prices leading to a surge in the number of tourists.
Recently, some tourists reported that the price of eating in the Tangcheng scenic area in Xiangyang, Hubei was too high. Some merchants sold hot dried noodles from 8 yuan to 15 yuan without authorization. With the intervention of the regulatory authorities, the scenic spot imposes 10,000 yuan on the merchants involved. Fines and require it to suspend business for rectification.
There are also feedback from tourists that the scenic ticket reservation system often fails to make appointments.
Many people in the tourism industry believe that after the scenic spot is free of tickets, catering, accommodation, entertainment and other supporting facilities must keep up, otherwise they will still not be able to keep the footsteps of tourists.
According to the person in charge of a number of travel platforms, the prices of packaged products such as National Day tour groups and free travel have been steadily decreasing, but for popular destinations and tourism products, tourists must book in advance. Not only because of the shortage of resources, the prices will also increase. The prices of hotel products in some popular destinations have risen significantly compared with the previous year’s “November”.
(Reporter Pan Fuda)