International air ticket prices fell by 20%, and the volume of civil aviation travel during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday increased and the price dropped: domestic low prices of 100 yuan reappeared
Sandwiched between the May Day holiday and the summer vacation, and also "colliding" with this year's college entrance examination, air ticket prices did not increase during this year's Dragon Boat Festival holiday.
According to a number of third-party travel platforms, during this year’s Dragon Boat Festival holiday, civil aviation travel is expected to show an overall trend of “increasing volume and falling prices”. In addition, compared with the same period last year and this year's May Day and summer holidays, domestic and international air ticket prices during the Dragon Boat Festival have declined year-on-year.
In terms of transport volume, according to the forecast of the Aviation Travel Big Data Research Institute, civil aviation travel will have "booming supply and demand" during the 2024 Dragon Boat Festival holiday, and passenger transport volume and flight volume will increase compared to 2019 and 2023.
![International air ticket prices fell by 20%, and the volume of civil aviation travel during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday increased and the price dropped: domestic low prices of 100 yuan reappeared](https://a5qu.com/upload/images/44fc11897a3520d204bdb1ae2cc9b3e1.webp)
Among them, the passenger throughput contribution of airports with tens of millions of passengers during this year's Dragon Boat Festival holiday still accounts for half of China's civil aviation during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, and Hohhot Baita Airport has become a rising star compared to 2023. According to the data from the Aviation Travel Big Data Research Institute, with the rise of the "county cultural tourism fever" and the change in passenger travel consumption habits, it is expected that the transportation demand of feeder airports in third- and fourth-tier cities during this year's Dragon Boat Festival holiday will increase significantly compared with previous years, and the passenger throughput growth will exceed 50% compared with 2023 and 2019. With the arrival of the peak tourist season in the northern region, the passenger transportation performance of feeder airports in Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, represented by Yining, is outstanding.
In terms of ticket prices, data from the third-party travel platform "Qunar" shows that as of 12:00 on June 10, the number of air ticket bookings for popular domestic cities during the Dragon Boat Festival has increased by 10% year-on-year, and domestic air ticket prices have dropped by 15% year-on-year. In the early days of the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, data from the third-party travel platform "Fei Changzhun" also previously showed that the price of Dragon Boat Festival air tickets this year was significantly lower than last year, with domestic air tickets falling by more than 30% year-on-year, and even low-priced air tickets of 100 yuan appeared in some popular domestic areas. Lower than high-speed rail.
In terms of international travel, civil aviation also shows a trend of "increasing volume and falling prices".
![International air ticket prices fell by 20%, and the volume of civil aviation travel during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday increased and the price dropped: domestic low prices of 100 yuan reappeared](https://a5qu.com/upload/images/1b9e3515f0a227f9705108e4881a543e.webp)
According to the data from Air Travel, the 2024 Dragon Boat Festival holiday will last for three days, and the level of international passenger flights has recovered significantly. It is expected that the number of international passenger flights during this year's Dragon Boat Festival holiday will increase by more than 70% year-on-year, recovering to about 75% of 2019. Flights to Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan will increase by nearly 30% year-on-year, recovering to 68% of 2019.
As of 12:00 noon on June 10, the number of international air tickets booked on Qunar for this year's Dragon Boat Festival increased by more than 60% year-on-year, and the average price of international air tickets dropped by about 20% compared with last year's Dragon Boat Festival.
According to Qunar data, in terms of international flight destinations, Thailand, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, Singapore, the United States, Indonesia, Vietnam, Australia, and the United Kingdom are the top ten destinations during the Dragon Boat Festival. Southeast Asia is the first choice for 4-5 days vacation and leisure travel. Thanks to the visa-free policy and newly opened routes, the number of air ticket bookings to Malaysia has more than doubled compared with last year.
![International air ticket prices fell by 20%, and the volume of civil aviation travel during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday increased and the price dropped: domestic low prices of 100 yuan reappeared](https://a5qu.com/upload/images/29cd0d8bdf01e1c080d2fbdbf61c80b0.webp)
Tongcheng travel data shows that the popularity of outbound travel to Thailand and Japan during this year's Dragon Boat Festival is still high, and outbound travel ticket bookings in cities such as Guangzhou, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Chengdu, and Beijing are relatively high. In terms of inbound tourism, as travel between the mainland and Hong Kong, China, and Macau, China becomes more and more convenient, the popularity of air ticket bookings from Hong Kong, China, and Macau, China, to the mainland has increased by more than 100% year-on-year. In addition to Shanghai and Beijing, Hong Kong and Macao residents have increasingly diverse choices of destinations to travel to the mainland, covering more than 20 provinces and cities.
According to the analysis of Qunar Big Data Research Institute, it is much cheaper to travel abroad during the Dragon Boat Festival than during the summer vacation. The Dragon Boat Festival has never been a peak season for international travel. In addition, this year’s Dragon Boat Festival coincides with the college entrance examination. The capacity of international routes has also increased significantly compared with the same period last year. International air tickets are much cheaper than last year’s Dragon Boat Festival and the upcoming summer vacation.
In addition, the first wave of bookings for summer outbound travel has already seen a small peak. According to Qunar data, the number of air ticket bookings for summer outbound travel has increased by 1.6 times year-on-year. Air ticket prices have dropped by about 20% compared with the same period last year. The top ten popular international destinations for summer are Malaysia, Japan, Thailand, the United States, South Korea, Singapore, Australia, the United Kingdom, Indonesia and Canada.
![International air ticket prices fell by 20%, and the volume of civil aviation travel during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday increased and the price dropped: domestic low prices of 100 yuan reappeared](https://a5qu.com/upload/images/c2b3b9c50b06e9a897306fbfad86ca78.webp)
Judging from the departure time, this year's summer travel season started later than last year. On the Qunar platform, the first peak of outbound travel in the summer was on July 6, about 10 days later than last year's summer travel season. North America and Europe are still popular areas for long-distance summer travel. A relevant person in charge of Qunar Vacations introduced: "Among this year's long-distance summer outbound travel, there are more group bookings for 10 days and 12-13 days. The more popular routes are 12-day tours of France, Switzerland and Italy, 10-day in-depth tours of Russia, 10-day in-depth tours of the United Kingdom, and 10-day tours of the four Nordic countries. There are also some niche destinations with a high increase in air ticket bookings, such as Iceland, the three Caucasus countries, and Croatia in Northern Europe."
![](https://a5qu.com/s/user/default.webp)