China News Service Client, Beijing, April 30 (Reporter Li Jinlei) The "May Day" holiday is coming soon, you can't imagine how much the broken Chinese want to go out!
On April 29, affected by the reduction of public health emergency response levels in Beijing and other places, people's enthusiasm for travel was ignited, bookings for air tickets, hotels, and homestays skyrocketed in a short period of time, and the prices of air tickets and other prices also rose rapidly. It is estimated that this year's "May Day" visitor visits will exceed 90 million, becoming the first real peak of tourism this year.
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On April 23, Beijing Gubei Water Town Scenic Area and its hotels resumed opening up. Photo by Jia Tianyong, reporter from China News Service
Air ticket bookings skyrocket and prices rise rapidly
The five-day holiday of May Day this year is the first five-day holiday for China since the adjustment of the holiday holiday plan in 2008. It is also the first small five-day holiday after the domestic epidemic is effectively controlled.
Beijingers who are eager to go out on holiday will finally wait for good news! On the afternoon of the 29th, Beijing announced that the public health emergency response level would be reduced from level one to level two from the 30th. Those who travel to and return to Beijing from low-risk areas in the country will no longer be required to observe their homes in isolation for 14 days.
As soon as the news came out, the demand for Beijing's "May 1" travel rose. According to data from the Qunar website, within half an hour after the news was published, the search volume of Qunar's air tickets rose rapidly. The number of air ticket reservations from Beijing skyrocketed by 15 times compared with the previous period, and the search volume of other travel products such as vacations and hotels also tripled.
Within one hour after the news was released, the trading volume of flying pigs in and out of Beijing increased by more than 500% over the same period of the previous day, and the trading volume of flying pigs in and out of Beijing increased by 400%.
With the increase in demand, the price of air tickets also began to rise. "I watched the ticket price from Beijing to Nanning rise from 300 yuan to more than 1,000 yuan."
Experts from Qunar.com said that there are still a large number of special discounted tickets for Beijing outbound flights, but prices will likely rise sharply in the future. According to the data from the Flying Pig platform, the prices of the routes from Beijing to Hangzhou, Kunming, Chengdu, Chongqing, Shanghai and other popular cities are all around 500 yuan, and the discount is 0.8% to 2% off, but the price is rising faster.
The air ticket from Beijing to Sanya on May 1 is around 3,000 yuan.
High-end hotels are popular with hotel bookings
Hotels and homestays also welcome booking peaks. Tujia back-end booking data shows that two hours after the announcement of Beijing ’s downgrading of public health emergency response levels, the number of bookings for homestay searches soared four times from yesterday ’s same time period, and Chengdu, Hangzhou, Sanya, Dali and Xiamen became the most popular among Beijing tourists Tourist destination.
According to Ctrip data, on the afternoon of the 29th, the number of Beijing users snapping up high-star hotel coupons rose 650%. Beijing, Qinhuangdao, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Lijiang, Sanya, Xiamen, Anji, and Ningbo have become popular destinations for “hoarding hotels” for Beijing users.
Nearly half of the users in Beijing have chosen high-star hotels, with sea views, lake views, mountain views, super-large areas of wild luxury, and world-famous high-star hotels.
"Since this year, tourists’ enthusiasm for travel has been suppressed due to the epidemic, and overseas travel has entered the freezing period, and many high-end tourists have turned to domestic. In addition, for safety and anti-epidemic considerations, tourists will also increase the requirements for travel quality. High-quality products are naturally popular. "Ctrip travel experts said.
On March 22, the willow trees spit green and the peach blossoms bloom in the Summer Palace in Beijing, attracting tourists to enjoy the flowers in spring. Photo by Jia Tianyong, reporter from China News Service
Beijing's group tour and free travel orders increased rapidly
According to Meituan ’s big data, after the news was announced, visits to scenic spots in Beijing skyrocketed 199%, or 2.99 times during the same period last week. Local travel and local travel are still the main needs of the “May Day” travel. Beijing people travel to Beijing and Beijing people travel to Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, which will become the main mode of Beijing people ’s tourism during the “May Day”. Relevant research data shows that the health tourism around Beijing, which mainly focuses on family leisure vacations, has an intention to account for 57%, and the number of tourists is expected to exceed 5 million.
According to Ctrip data, on April 29, the number of people who searched and reserved "May 1" Beijing local group tours, free travel, car rental self-driving tours, and scenic spot tickets on the Ctrip platform reached its peak since April. The number of tourists will more than double than before.
According to statistics, orders for group tours and free travel in Beijing are increasing rapidly. Recently scheduled travel dates are mainly concentrated on the “May Day” holiday. The number of people traveling is mainly for two people. The number of travel days booked are all short-term products of 2-3 days. Nearly 70% of tourists choose to travel with a group or semi-self-service, and 30% of tourists choose to travel freely.
From the point of view of product popularity, current tourists in Beijing choose outdoor and scenic spots in Beijing suburbs, such as Gubei Water Town in Miyun District, Simatai Great Wall, Shilin Gorge in Pinggu District, Tianyun Mountain and Yanqing The Badaling Great Wall in the district, the Garden Expo, the Mutianyu Great Wall in Huairou District, Yanqi Lake, Hongluo Temple, etc.
Car rental and self-driving tours have become the main method for Beijing residents. The Ctrip car rental platform predicts that the "May Day" orders have been restored to 80% of last year, and the proportion of car rentals for more than 3 days will increase significantly. The demand for seven-seater commercial vehicles has grown rapidly. At present, seven commercial vehicle orders have accounted for 10%.
The picture shows the Baidi dikes on the broken bridge of West Lake in Hangzhou. Photo by Jiang Yangye
In addition, the Palace Museum announced the orderly opening from May 1st on the evening of 29th. The current peak season fare is 60 yuan and the daily limit is 5,000 people (8: 30-13: 00, 3000 people; 13: 00-16: 00, 2000 people). The reporter noticed that more than an hour after the news was released, the tickets for the Palace Museum on May 1 have been booked out.
It is estimated that the number of visitors during the "May Day" may exceed 90 million
According to statistics from the China Tourism Research Institute, this year's Qingming small holiday, the total number of domestic tourist receptions in the country was 43.254 million, and tourism revenue was 8.26 billion yuan.
With a series of favorable blessings, Ctrip expects that the number of visitors during the "May Day" is expected to reach a new high, with the total number reaching more than twice that of Qingming, and the first real peak of tourism this year.
However, I would like to remind everyone that this year's "May Day" will be "no travel without appointment", so as not to eat in the door.
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the National Health and Health Commission recently issued the "Notice on Doing a Good Job in Prevention and Control of Outbreaks in Tourist Scenic Spots and Safe and Orderly Opening". The number of tourists received in tourist scenic spots shall not exceed 30% of the approved maximum carrying capacity. The scenic spots should establish a perfect reservation system, implement time-scheduled tour reservations, and guide tourists to enter the park and travel in different peaks.
For example, this year's "May Day" holiday, 10 ticketing parks out of 11 parks in Beijing will implement "real-name online ticket booking and real-name ticket admission" for the first time. All A-level scenic spots in Shanghai have implemented a ticket reservation mechanism. If there is no reservation, admission will be refused.
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