Chinanews.com client, Beijing, October 8th (Reporter Li Jinlei) "How did the holiday go so fast?"... In sigh and dismay, the 7-day National Day holiday is over.

How did you spend this holiday?

On October 2, the Forbidden City was visited by many tourists.

Photo by Chinanews reporter Li Jinlei

515 million trips

　　After going through the summer vacation, the compensation travel boom was ushered in all parts of the country during the National Day.

　　According to calculations by the Data Center of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, from October 1st to 7th, 515 million domestic tourist trips nationwide, a year-on-year decrease of 1.5% on a comparable basis, and a return to 70.1% of the same period before the epidemic on a comparable basis.

　　At the same time, domestic tourism revenue was 389.061 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 4.7% and recovered to 59.9% of the same period before the epidemic.

Xijie Ancient House Scenic Spot is radiant to welcome the National Day.

Photo by Wang Dongming

Short-term holiday tourism

　　Affected by the weather and the rebound of the local epidemic, the demand for medium and long-distance tourism has not been fully released. Holiday tourist flow is mainly concentrated in the province, with local travel, surrounding travel, and nearby outings being the mainstream.

　　According to special survey data, 49.1% of tourists choose to travel across cities in the province, an increase of 4.1% over last year; 88.3% of tourists travel within 300 kilometers; 55.8% of tourists choose to travel by car, an increase of 10% over last year; The proportions of tourists visiting the surrounding villages and suburban parks of the city were 28.9% and 25.8% respectively, an increase of 4.6 and 5.7 percentage points respectively over the previous year.

"Light Tourism" and "House Hotel" are favored

　　"Lying down" in a different place is also a trip.

The "light travel", "micro vacation" and "house hotel" characterized by short time, close distance and high frequency are favored by tourists.

　　Reservations for resort hotels, high-quality country houses and hotels around theme parks in the suburbs of first- and second-tier cities are hot, and RV camping and surrounding self-driving have become popular travel spots.

　　During the National Day, Ms. Fan's family of three who worked in Beijing chose to "lie down" at a B&B in Miyun for three days. Her husband was fishing and playing with her baby. It felt very comfortable.

　　Driven by rural tourism and surrounding tours, Qunar platform homestay bookings have increased by 20% compared to 2020; the price has also risen from 400 yuan per night during the National Day holiday in 2020 to 435 yuan per night.

Big data from Tongcheng Travel shows that this year’s National Day holiday country house orders have increased by 41% year-on-year.

During the National Day holiday, a large number of tourists went to Mingsha Mountain and Crescent Spring Scenic Spot.

Photo by Wang Binyin

Parent-child trips and research trips become popular

　　This National Day holiday is the first long holiday after the implementation of the "double reduction" policy, and the demand for parent-child tourism and research tourism is concentratedly released.

Characteristic farms, homestays, art galleries, museums, etc. with the theme of parent-child and family are very popular.

　　Special survey data shows that 43.3% of tourists choose to travel with their families. From the perspective of travel motives, the proportions of being close to nature and parent-child studies were 37.2% and 19.8%, respectively, an increase of 4.7 and 1.7 percentage points from last year.

　　School-age teenagers have driven the popularity of local popular science and park attractions. Ctrip platform data shows that the number of ticket bookings for local school-age teenagers has increased by 133% compared with the same period last year, driving the popularity of local attractions by 219%.

Tourists enjoy the fun activities of ducks in the countryside.

Photo by Zhao Chunliang

Theme park tours are on the rise

　　Beijing Universal Studios has added a fire to the theme park tour.

Qunar data shows that during the 2021 National Day, the Top 10 domestic theme parks with the largest number of visitors include: Guangzhou Changlong Tourism Resort, Beijing Universal Resort, Beijing Wild Animal Park, Shanghai Disney Resort, Shanghai Haichang Park, Shanghai Wildlife Park, Zhuhai Changlong Ocean Kingdom, Wuhan Haichang Park, Nantong Forest Wildlife Park and Chengdu Zoo.

　　Driven by Beijing Universal Studios' IP, Beijing has surpassed Shanghai and took the top spot in this year's National Day destination.

According to data from the Ctrip platform, the top 10 National Day destinations are: Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Chongqing, Hangzhou, Shenzhen, Xi'an, Wuhan, and Nanjing.

　　Universal Studios Beijing also has a significant impact on Beijing's tourism and economy.

Qunar data shows that during the 2021 National Day holiday, the popularity of hotel bookings in Beijing has increased by 57% over the same period in 2020. The average nightly price of hotels in Beijing is 598 yuan, which is about 100 yuan more expensive than in the same period in 2020.

Data map: Tourists visit the Transformers theme area of ​​Universal Studios Beijing.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Yi Haifei

Red tourism continues to heat up

　　Red tourist attractions and patriotism education bases all over the country have launched a series of activities to provide tourists with a red cultural feast.

　　Tourists relive the memories of the red, visit revolutionary sites, listen to the stories of the red, and feel the feelings of home and country during the tour.

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism launched the "Celebrate the Motherland's Birthday and Watch the Great Changes in Tourism" publicity activities. Important nodes of the Great Wall, Long March, Grand Canal, and Yellow River National Cultural Park have become popular places for tourists to check in.

　　The Museum of History of the Communist Party of China in Beijing, the Memorial Hall of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Shanghai, the Yan'an Revolutionary Memorial Hall, the Jinggangshan Revolutionary Museum in Jiangxi, the Xiangshan Revolutionary Memorial Hall in Beijing, the National Museum, and the Military Museum are popular red landmarks during the National Day holiday.

　　How did you spend this National Day holiday?

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