China News Service, September 27 (Reporter Li Jinlei) The National Day holiday is approaching, this is the last legal long holiday in 2022. Many places advocate celebrating the festival locally during the National Day holiday. Compared with the Mid-Autumn Festival, the volume and price of air tickets during the National Day holiday have increased, and the number of international air tickets searches and orders has increased significantly. Travel platform data shows that the average international flight price during this year's National Day holiday is 18% higher than the same period last year.
Many places advocate celebrating the festival at home during the National Day holiday
On September 26, Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention issued a reminder that during the National Day holiday, citizens are encouraged to celebrate the festival at home, reduce leaving Beijing, improve prevention and control awareness, and take good personal protection. We insist on not traveling to medium- and high-risk areas and counties (cities, districts, and banners) where local epidemics occur within 7 days.
htmlOn September 25, Xi'an issued a notice to strengthen epidemic prevention and control during the National Day holiday and around the country, and advocated celebrating the festival locally. Try to avoid or reduce cross-city travel during holidays, and do not leave the province unless necessary; if you really need to leave the city, you should pay close attention to the epidemic situation in the destination and the place of passage, understand local epidemic prevention policies in advance, and avoid going to cities with medium and high-risk areas and local cases.Chengdu has also made it clear recently that Li Rong must hold a negative nucleic acid certificate within 48 hours. It is recommended that citizens celebrate the festival locally during the National Day holiday and reduce cross-city travel. People from other provinces who come to Chengdu (return) to Chengdu strictly implement the requirement of "inspection upon entry into Sichuan".
The average price of National Day air tickets has increased by nearly 40% compared with the Mid-Autumn Festival
In terms of air tickets, Tongcheng Travel data shows that as of September 16, the average price of air ticket orders for the National Day holiday exceeded 700 yuan, up nearly 40% compared with the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday.
Zhang Mingyang, a senior researcher at Tongcheng Research Institute, introduced that compared with the Mid-Autumn Festival, the National Day holiday duration and the average travel radius of tourists are longer. Students and migrant workers from other places who visit relatives from a distance will also choose to return home during the long holiday and book air tickets in advance.
Air tickets for some routes during the National Day holiday are in short supply, and the prices of economy class on some routes have soared to full prices. Data from Qunar platform shows that since September, the average payment price has been growing during the National Day period, and the average payment price on September 15 was three times that of a week ago. The prices of tickets for many routes departing on September 30 have soared from 20 to 30% off to full price.
0 The discount on air tickets from September 28 to 30 has been greatly reduced. Popular tourist routes such as Beijing- Dunhuang , Shanghai-Lijiang, Guangzhou-Jiuzhaigou, Tianjin- Jieyang can still buy low-priced tickets below 40% off on September 28. The price of economy class air tickets on 30 is close to the full price.
Although air tickets during the National Day holiday generally increase compared to the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, compared with the National Day holidays in previous years, air tickets for this year's National Day holidays are not expensive. Ctrip data shows that from the perspective of long-term travel, the per capita unit price of air tickets for this year's National Day this year fell by 5% year-on-year, and the average flight mileage of tourists on the plane decreased by 3% compared with last year, and the travel distance was further shortened. The top ten popular flight destinations during the National Day holiday are: Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Kunming, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Xi'an, Chongqing, Changsha and Qingdao .
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The average price of international flights is 18% higher than the same period last year. In terms of international air tickets, with the relaxation of entry quarantine policies in many countries and regions, the number of tickets for relevant international routes has increased significantly.
data provided by Tongcheng Travel to China News Service shows that in terms of price, the average price of international flights during this year's National Day holiday is 18% higher than the same period last year.
As of September 25, the number of flight orders from overseas to Hong Kong, China increased by 20% month-on-month, and the number of flight orders from overseas to Japan increased by more than 30% compared with the previous week. The number of flight orders from China to Japan increased by 67% month-on-month, and Japan became the top 1 popular routes from China. During the National Day holiday, the average price of tickets from domestic to Japan increased by about 32% year-on-year. The UK, South Korea, , Singapore, and Russia are also popular destinations for international flights during this year's National Day.
In addition, as Macau, China and Macau are accelerating its recovery from the impact of the epidemic, the National Day tourism market has also recovered. Tongcheng Travel Big Data shows that the searches for air tickets from mainland China to Macau have shown double-digit growth in the past week, and order growth has reached 40%.What are the popular travel themes of
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Due to the uncertainty brought about by the epidemic, local tours, surrounding tours and short-distance tours in the province are still the mainstream of holiday travel. Tongcheng Travel predicts that domestic scenic spots, hotels, and homestays will usher in a large number of passenger flows during the National Day holiday.
"As the last long holiday of 2022, the popularity of tourism during the National Day Golden Week is expected to become the second peak after the summer vacation. Affected by the uncertainty of the epidemic, short-distance high-frequency, surrounding in-depth tours and quality tours are still trends, high-end hotels and rural tourism are expected to maintain a significant growth, and tourists' ages tend to become younger." said Fang Zexi, an industry analyst at Ctrip Research Institute.
Tongcheng Travel is expected to be the most popular travel themes for parent-child travel, rural travel, red tourism, leisure outdoor and self-driving travel this year. Theme parks suitable for parent-child visits, zoo and botanical gardens, , exhibition halls, etc. constitute the popular types of scenic spots during the National Day holiday. In terms of accommodation, the user attention of high-star hotels with various leisure and vacation themes after the Mid-Autumn Festival increased by 130%.
In addition, young tourists prefer urban in-depth tours and various light outdoor play methods. Tongcheng Travel data shows that since September, the popularity of various light outdoor travel-related searches has increased by more than 150% month-on-month. Citywalk, Frisbee , Flag Football , pulp board, cycling, kayak and other light outdoor sports have become popular experience projects that young tourists pay attention to.
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Source: China News Network
