Tourism in these areas is the most popular. Data review during the festival: high-speed rail is booming and air tickets are plummeting.

The eight-day Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays are already halfway through. According to data from the Ministry of Transport, the cross-regional movement of people across the country during this Golden Week holiday will reach 2.05 billion, with an average of 257 million people per day. This means that most of China is on the road, and the average daily flow of people is even twice that of this year’s Spring Festival.

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism predicts that during this year’s Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday, domestic tourism trips across the country will reach 896 million, a year-on-year increase of 86%, an increase of 12.7% compared to 2019; domestic tourism revenue will reach 782.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 138%, compared with Growth of 20% in 2019.

The number of trips reaches a new high, and high-speed rail travel is popular

According to forecast data from the Ministry of Transport, during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays, commercial passenger traffic on railways, highways, waterways, and civil aviation will rebound across the board, and the total commercial passenger traffic will reach 490 million.

Of all modes of travel, roads and railways carry the largest volume of passengers. In particular, rail travel has become the fastest growing mode of transportation after the epidemic.

On the first day of the holiday, the total number of passengers nationwide is expected to reach 63.205 million, of which road and railway passenger traffic exceeds 60 million, accounting for more than 95%.

On the first day of the holiday, highways are expected to carry 40.025 million passengers, and railways are expected to carry more than 20 million passengers. Although the passenger volume of railways is only half of that of roads, railway travel is growing rapidly, with a month-on-month increase of 24.8%, an increase of 108.2% over the same period in 2022, and an increase of 17.3% over the same period in 2019.

According to China State Railway Group Co., Ltd., from September 27 to October 8, for a period of 12 days, the country's railways are expected to carry 190 million passengers, with an average of 15.83 million passengers per day, a year-on-year increase of 14.7% in 2019.

Judging from the current daily data on railway travel, since September 30, although the passenger volume has declined compared to the first day of the holiday, it is almost always between 16 million and 17.2 million passengers. With the arrival of the holiday return peak, I believe that The average daily number of passengers sent will only increase.

As early as before the holidays, news about high-speed rail ticket rushes were happening in various places. It can be seen that with the development and maturity of the high-speed rail network, rail travel has become an increasingly popular choice.

During this National Day holiday, many netizens complained that air ticket prices have plummeted as the holiday approaches. Starting from October 2, air ticket prices for some long-distance travel segments have also dropped. For example, the air ticket price from Beijing to Lanzhou and Xi'an has dropped by 79%; the air ticket price from Shanghai to Chengdu has dropped by 80% to only 190 yuan. .

The reason for the plunge in air ticket prices is not only the rapid growth of rail travel, but also the overcapacity of domestic flights by airlines.

This in turn shows that the civil aviation industry is accelerating its recovery. Judging from the data, civil aviation passenger volume has returned to pre-epidemic levels.

According to data from the civil aviation dashboard, the number of civil aviation flights nationwide during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays exceeded the same period in 2019.

Among them, domestic routes are expected to carry out more than 100,000 passenger flights, and international and regional routes are expected to carry out more than 11,000 passenger flights. The top three popular domestic routes are Beijing-Shanghai route, Shanghai-Shenzhen route, and Shanghai-Guangzhou route.

The Civil Aviation Administration of China predicts that 21 million passengers will fly during the "Golden Week". In order to cope with civil aviation passenger travel, airline food companies are also working overtime. Recently, the flight meal production workshop of Beijing Aviation Catering Co., Ltd. has maintained 24-hour operation.

From September 29 to October 2, the airports with the highest passenger flow index in the country were basically concentrated in several first- and second-tier cities and popular tourist cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Xi'an, Hangzhou, Chengdu, Shenzhen, and Qingdao.

From September 29 to October 6, the two major airports in Shanghai, Pudong and Hongqiao, are expected to handle 17,000 flights, with an average daily flight takeoff and landing of 2,161, a year-on-year increase of 71.6%; passenger traffic is expected to be 2.602 million, of which Pudong Airport 1.585 million passengers, Hongqiao Airport 1.017 million passengers, the two games are expected to average daily passenger flow of 325,000 passengers, an increase of 131.7% year-on-year.

The holiday progress bar is more than half way, and it is gradually becoming clear which places are the most popular for tourism this year.

According to previous predictions, the cultural tourism market in the Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta regions is extremely hot, with orders for hotels, air tickets, etc. increasing at least five times compared to the same period last year. Tourism data released by some provinces and cities also confirms this.

Shanghai tourism big data monitoring shows that the city received a total of 9.2948 million tourists in the three days before the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday, a year-on-year increase of 11.54%.

From September 29 to October 2, Guangdong’s 4A-level and above tourist attractions received 13.674 million tourists, and the 75 key public cultural institutions included in the monitoring received 1.348 million people.

The eight-day long holiday also makes Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang and other provinces very popular.

In the first two days of the Inner Mongolia holiday, the region received 4.7515 million domestic tourists, 3.57 times that of the same period last year and 1.22 times that of the same period in 2019. Tourism revenue was 3.057 billion yuan, 3.79 times that of the same period last year and 1.03 times that of the same period in 2019.

Xinjiang's popularity has remained high since September. According to scenic spot monitoring data on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Tianchi in Xinjiang received an average of 18,000 tourists a day.

The trend of "reverse tourism" to avoid the flow of people has also made many small cities popular.

In the three days before the holiday, the number of passengers at domestic "small airports" increased significantly. Travel platform data shows that the number of air ticket bookings to Dandong in Liaoning, Hechi in Guangxi, Zhoushan in Zhejiang, and Jingdezhen in Jiangxi in the three days before the holiday increased by more than 30% compared with the National Day holiday in 2019.

Amap data shows that in the two days before the holiday, Beijing Tiananmen Square, Hangzhou West Lake, Shanghai Bund, Xi'an Datang Evernight City, Huizhou Shuangyue Bay, Canton Tower, Xiangxi Phoenix Ancient City, Shantou Nan'ao Island, Nanjing Confucius Temple and Changsha May Day Square Enter the TOP10 popular scenic spots.

In addition to the well-known popular scenic spots in first- and second-tier cities, some small cities also stand out during this National Day holiday.

In addition to cities such as Huizhou and Shantou that have entered the top 10 of popular scenic spots, Wugong Mountain in Pingxiang, Beihai, and Laojun Mountain in Luoyang have also entered the top 20 of popular scenic spots, and their rankings have improved significantly.

Outbound travel order volume increased 20 times year-on-year, but transportation capacity is still insufficient

Data from tourism companies such as Ctrip, Tongcheng Travel and Fliggy show that during this year’s “Double Festival” holiday, the number of Chinese outbound tourists surged, and the number of international air tickets and international hotel bookings far exceeded last year’s “Golden Week”. Among them, on the Ctrip platform, the overall order volume during the "Double Festival" increased nearly 20 times year-on-year.

Civil aviation dashboard data shows that popular outbound destinations are Hong Kong, Seoul, Osaka, Bangkok, Tokyo and other places.

However, compared with the hot domestic tourism, the popularity of outbound tourism still needs to be further recovered.

The biggest constraint is still the high travel costs caused by insufficient flight capacity.

According to travel platform data, the average price of international air tickets on the first day of the National Day holiday is about 6,696 yuan, which is about 72% higher than the average price in the summer. According to data from Hangzhou Airlines, the average price paid for international air tickets during this year’s long holiday is about 5,977 yuan, an increase of about 40% compared with the summer vacation.

As of September 15, international passenger flight volume has recovered to 52% of the same period in 2019, and international flight capacity is still tight.

Currently, the average price of group tours departing from China is still 30% higher than before the epidemic.

According to Ctrip industry analysts, in the second quarter of this year, outbound hotel and air ticket bookings on the platform have recovered to more than 60% of the same period in 2019. It is expected that the recovery will be further accelerated in the third and fourth quarters driven by the "Golden Week" .