The outbound teams of many travel agencies will start their debuts one after another from today

From now on, our country will resume pilot outbound group tourism and "air ticket + hotel" business for citizens going to 20 countries

  Roll up your sleeves and work hard to achieve a good start

  Starting today, my country will resume the pilot program of national travel agencies and online travel companies operating outbound group tours and "air ticket + hotel" business for Chinese citizens to 20 countries, and at the same time resume Hong Kong and Macau entry and exit group tours.

A Beijing Youth Daily reporter learned from a number of travel agencies and online travel platforms that a large number of outbound tour groups will start starting today.

Among the first group tours across the country, the most popular destinations for Chinese tourists are concentrated in Thailand, Singapore, Maldives and other places.

  A large number of outbound group tour products have been launched recently

  Recently, a large number of outbound group tour products have been launched intensively, and tourism companies are gearing up to prepare for the recovery of the tourism industry.

Since January 20, Ctrip has launched thousands of outbound group tours and independent travel "air tickets + hotels" products, covering 16 countries/regions.

Among them, Thailand, Maldives, Egypt, and New Zealand have relatively high bookings for related products.

The Fliggy platform has launched more than 900 outbound itinerary tour products and over 10,000 local play products.

Up to now, Tongcheng Travel has launched hundreds of outbound group tours and "flight + wine" product lines, covering all countries that have opened up for outbound travel. Currently, the countries with the largest number of outbound travel destinations for group tours are Thailand and Cambodia and Indonesia.

Island holiday destinations such as the Maldives and Fiji are also popular with Chinese tourists.

  "With the optimization and adjustment of entry-exit policies, we have accelerated resource integration and product reserves, and planned and launched group tours, customized tours, study tours, and purpose- More than 100 outbound travel products have been launched in total, such as local group tours.” The relevant person in charge of China Travel Travel revealed.

  "During the Spring Festival, our product department has already connected with overseas resources as soon as possible, and prepared a wealth of tourism products." The relevant person in charge of Zhongxin Tourism introduced that due to the diversification of the purpose and needs of the first batch of tourists going abroad, Zhongxin has prepared the following The customized products represented by mini tour cover destinations in Switzerland, Maldives, Thailand, Bali, Singapore, etc.

 Tourists in the first group prefer Southeast Asia

  On February 6, China Travel Service will have a number of outbound group tours starting from all over the country, involving 26 destination cities in 20 countries. Tourists apply for products from countries such as Thailand, Singapore, and Maldives the most.

"Compared with three years ago, the travel needs of tourists have changed a lot now. Consumers pay more attention to product content and service experience, and they prefer innovative and recognizable products. They also put forward more refined reception standards. The consumption behavior and consumption psychology of tourists have also changed.” The relevant person in charge of CTS Travel told the Beijing Youth Daily reporter that in response to these changes, it has launched a variety of products such as semi-self-guided tours and landing casual tours.

  Ctrip's earliest outbound group will depart on February 7th, a self-guided tour of Bangkok + Pattaya, Thailand on the 6th, 5 nights and a half.

There are currently 6 guests in the group, who gathered in Bangkok by plane from Nanning, Huidong and Hong Kong, China.

The first outbound travel team of Tongcheng Travel will start on February 6, and the destination is also Thailand. It is expected to complete the 6-night and 7-day trip in Bangkok, Pattaya, Phuket and other tourist destinations in Thailand.

  "Our first batch of tourists departed around February 10th, and the destination was Egypt. It was a customized small group. Subsequent group products will also be customized and semi-independent products with high flexibility. Master.” According to the person in charge of Zhongxin Tourism, Zhongxin uses popular islands such as Thailand, Bali, and Singapore as short-term starting destinations, and has created a group of in-depth tours with higher experience, stronger participation, and greater freedom. product.

  Outbound travel business will usher in a "rebound recovery"

  After the first tour, the tourism industry will face the gradual recovery of the outbound travel market.

At present, the tourism market still faces many shortcomings and challenges.

"In the past three years, although we have not laid off employees, 60% of our employees are still lost." Jia Jianqiang, the founder of the custom tourism company 6-person tour, told Beiqing Daily that the brain drain in the entire tourism industry is very serious.

  Zhang Yan, product director of Ctrip’s overseas group tours, also made the same judgment: “In the past three years, many Chinese restaurants overseas have been closed, tour guides have suspended their jobs and changed careers, overseas local travel agencies need some time to regroup, and the recovery of the outbound and group tour market still needs a process. "Whether online travel companies or overseas travel agencies need a process in terms of personnel recall, and need to match the number of personnel they can afford according to the current consumer demand for outbound travel.

  In order to promote the recovery of the industry as soon as possible, Fliggy launched the "Hello, Tomorrow" plan. By simplifying the entry process, reducing a certain percentage of annual fees for new merchants, and providing free training courses, a series of support measures are provided to help outbound and group travel business qualifications Merchants settled on the platform to restart operations and help revitalize the tourism industry.

Zhongxin Tourism has also planned long-term long-term products, "The North and South Pole products departing in 2023, and the 121-day round-the-world cruise products in 2024 are all ready."

  "The recovery of the industry not only requires the support of policies, but also the support of upstream and downstream supply chains. This is also the biggest challenge to the entire tourism industry, especially the travel agency industry." Jia Jianqiang believes that outbound travel will show "rebound recovery" rather than "retaliation" Sexual consumption”, Thailand, Maldives, Malaysia and other destinations with island resort attributes will be the first to recover, followed by destinations mainly for leisure travel, and then experiential travel.

In the future, the trend of consumption upgrading will be released faster, and quality tours and family tours will gradually become the mainstream of tourism services. At the same time, there will be the rise of boutique tour groups and themed tour groups.

In any case, "2023 outbound tourism will enter a new stage of opening up." Text/Reporter Zhao Tingting