[Explanation] The three-day Dragon Boat Festival holiday has come to an end.

According to data released by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday in 2022, 79.610 million domestic tourists traveled in China, a year-on-year decrease of 10.7%, and has recovered to 86.8% of the same period in 2019.

  [Explanation] On the eve of the holiday, as the epidemic situation stabilizes and improves, the tourism industry in Beijing and Shanghai has resumed work one after another.

According to the person in charge of a camp in Beijing, during the three-day holiday, it basically operates at full capacity according to the 50% current limit requirement.

  [Concurrent] Li Yanjing, General Manager of Beijing Elephant Heron Island Camp

  The government notice is that it can start operations on May 29, and there will be forty or fifty groups of customers the next day.

Throughout the Dragon Boat Festival, we probably received less than 1,000 people a day.

  [Explanation] Data from multiple platforms also show that during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, the tourism markets in Beijing and Shanghai are picking up speed.

  [Concurrent] Liu Ting, Senior Manager of Public Affairs at Qunar

  As the epidemic situation in Beijing improved, hotel bookings for the Dragon Boat Festival increased by about 50% from the previous weekend.

The top five business districts with the highest number of hotel reservations in Beijing are Sanlitun, Guomao, Qianmen, Olympic Sports Center, and Huairou Scenic Area.

  [Concurrent] Liu Fangtong, Director of Ctrip Public Affairs Department

  On the first day of the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, more than 40 scenic spots in Shanghai have resumed work, and the total number of tickets sold has exceeded 40,000.

Among them, the page views of the Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park page increased by 1884% month-on-month.

Judging from the admission situation of the two days before the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, the top ten scenic spots are mainly zoos and forest parks, and the landmark Oriental Pearl Tower is also a popular check-in place.

  [Commentary] In addition, affected by the temperature, enjoying the cool and summer vacation and exquisite camping have become popular travel methods during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday.

The camp has also begun to pay more attention to scene design and carry out "suitable refinement" transformation.

  [Concurrent] Li Yanjing, General Manager of Beijing Elephant Heron Island Camp

  Last year (2021), it became obvious that this kind of light and luxurious tents began to become mainstream, and now there are about 4 themed camps here.

One is a relatively common one for the general public, you can bring your own tent, that is the camp in the north area, there is a light luxury camp in the middle area, and a camp with off-road theme.

This year (2022), there is another package model called a tent hotel that is relatively close to the concept, and there is a camp called Maoning.

  [Concurrent] Liu Ting, Senior Manager of Public Affairs at Qunar

  The Dragon Boat Festival's nationwide sales of water parks and cruise ships increased by 47% month-on-month. The search volume for Dragon Boat Festival-related camping products on the Qunar platform tripled, and the booking volume increased by nearly 30%.

New forms of camping are emerging one after another, such as home camping, community camping, and RV camping, which have become new trends in camping.

  [Explanation] Recently, Shandong, Fujian, Hainan and other provinces have announced the resumption of inter-provincial travel, and many large scenic spots have also introduced preferential measures for ticket reductions.

With the gradual relaxation of current restrictions, the performance of the summer tourism market is worth looking forward to.

  Reported by reporter Lang Jiahui in Beijing

Responsible editor: [Luo Pan]