Since December 5, Pingxiang City in Guangxi, Zhangjiakou Economic Development Zone in Hebei, Sanxiang Town in Zhongshan City, Guangdong, and Yinchuan City in Ningxia have issued the latest notices advocating celebrating the New Year in situ and online to reduce the flow of people

Recently, sporadic outbreaks of the epidemic have occurred in many places across the country, bringing many uncertainties to the upcoming Spring Festival holiday in 2022. Since December 5, Pingxiang City in Guangxi, Zhangjiakou Economic Development Zone in Hebei, Sanxiang Town in Zhongshan City, Guangdong, and Yinchuan City in Ningxia have issued the latest notices advocating celebrating the New Year in situ and online to reduce the flow of people. Wu Jinglei, director of the Shanghai Municipal Health Commission, also reminded the general public at a municipal press conference held recently to "stay away from Shanghai unless necessary." For this reason, many citizens and tourists in Shanghai have narrowed the scope of Spring Festival vacation from the original domestic long-distance, Jiangsu and Zhejiang and other places to the Shanghai area. Suburban hotels and homestays in Shanghai have experienced a wave of booking peaks.

"Luxury location in the outskirts of Shanghai, XX Hotel is open for grabs on New Year's Day and Spring Festival", "Big end of the year gift, free upgrade to XX Hotel if you order today"... In the past few days, Ms. Zhou, a citizen, has frequently browsed such hotel booking links for one purpose. : Find a place for the family to spend the Spring Festival vacation. "I originally wanted to live in the mountains of Zhejiang, but now it seems that I may not be able to go out. It is rare for the whole family to stop and take a vacation together during the Spring Festival. I hope that the place where I live will be unique and of better quality, but I don't want the price to be too outrageous. In the surrounding areas of Shanghai It takes a lot of effort to choose something you like.”

There are many people like Ms. Zhu who plan for a rainy day. Feedback from online travel websites, hotels, etc. shows that special hotels and B&Bs in Chongming , Qingpu , Songjiang and other areas are very popular during the Spring Festival holiday next year, and some of the 1,000-2,000 yuan prices are of good quality. The hotel is fully booked for some dates during the Spring Festival. In the same hotel, upgraded room types such as garden view rooms and lake view rooms are more popular than ordinary room types.

Public space of Jingting B&B in Zhujiajiao Ancient Town

The reporter checked on Ctrip and found that during the 7-day Spring Festival holiday, Chongming Yingdong Resort’s special rooms ranging from 348 yuan to 8880 yuan for garden villas with multiple rooms were sold out; among the guest rooms at the Flower Expo Guest House, in February There is still room for ordinary rooms from the 1st to the 2nd, and the private villas that can accommodate 10 people at the same time are sold out first. At the Oriental Green Boat Hotel in Qingpu, basic rooms priced around 900 yuan are still on sale. Superior garden view rooms, deluxe garden view rooms, and parent-child suites for various dates during the Spring Festival have been booked first, with prices ranging from 1,028 yuan to more than 1,400 yuan. .

Among the accommodation facilities near Zhujiajiao Ancient Town, high-end hotels and B&Bs such as Zhujiajiao Anlu Hotel, CITIC Pacific Zhujiajiao Jinjiang Hotel, and Jingting B&B have also attracted the attention of many tourists. In contrast, the hotel booking options in suburban Shanghai during the New Year's Day holiday are more generous, and most hotels have spare rooms.

Industry insiders said that the Spring Festival and the National Day Golden Week have always been the two long holidays of the year with the strongest willingness to spend on tourism. After the nearly two-year impact of the epidemic, people's travel requirements and habits have changed, and they are more concerned about the quality of surrounding vacations. During the Spring Festival holiday, most people go on family trips to support the elderly and the young. Living well, eating well, and having some leisurely places nearby have become common demands at a time when short-distance vacations are the main focus.

“Compared with the basic room types, the hotel’s upgraded room types such as garden view rooms and lake view rooms that open the window to see the view, as well as private villas suitable for families to stay together, are more in line with the emphasis on quality and reunion during the Spring Festival. Happy atmosphere, even if the price is relatively high There is no shortage of reservations." A person related to a resort hotel in Qingpu District said that compared with conventional hotels, hotels and B&Bs with their own gardens or parks, Chinese-style old houses, and special services such as pet care and fireworks are also more attractive. The first batch to be booked.

column editor: Li Baohua Text editor: Li Baohua The picture in the title of

 shows the Bliss Tang Million Stone Hot Spring Hotel in Shanghai International Tourism Resort. Images in this article are provided by the author. 

Source: Author: Li Baohua