The hottest Dragon Boat Festival in the past five years has arrived!, Expected 100 million travelers | railway | tourism
May Day holiday not enough? Dragon Boat Festival is here! The three-day Dragon Boat Festival holiday officially began on June 22nd.
As early as May, many people began planning to travel during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday. According to organic sources, this year's Dragon Boat Festival will continue the momentum of May Day and may become the "hottest" Dragon Boat Festival in the past five years.
"The hottest" Dragon Boat Festival, where are you going to play?
The number of tourists is expected to reach 100 million
Since June, the popularity of tourism around the Dragon Boat Festival, cultural tours, and summer vacations has gradually increased, and consumer demand has been continuously recovering.
According to the China Tourism Research Institute, the number of tourists during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday this year is expected to exceed the same period in 2019, with an estimated 100 million people traveling and a tourism consumption of 37 billion yuan.
The 2023 Dragon Boat Festival Tourism Forecast Report released by Qunar shows that, except for popular tourist cities, most cities will welcome the "affordable and non crowded" Dragon Boat Festival holiday. Compared to the crowded scene at major tourist attractions during this year's May Day holiday, the comfort and cost-effectiveness of Dragon Boat Festival travel will be improved.
This year's Dragon Boat Festival holiday, the average prices of hotels and air tickets in domestic and multiple popular outbound destinations will be lower than the May Day holiday. Beijing, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Chengdu, and Qingdao will become popular destinations in China.
Thanks to the convenient high-speed rail network and flight routes, the range of travel options for passengers has further expanded, with travel concepts such as the "2-hour travel circle" and "3-hour flight circle" gaining popularity. According to data from Qunar platform, 70% of travelers who chose their destination within 2 hours during small holidays and weekend trips in the past. The China Tourism Research Institute predicts that the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area, the Yangtze River Delta, the Beijing Tianjin Hebei region, the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and the Chengdu Chongqing urban agglomeration have more obvious tourist circulation and interactive flow. The main tourist source cities will form a 3-hour golden tourism circle around them, and the geothermal energy for tourism and vacation in Beidaihe, Songshan, Conghua and other areas will gradually increase.
At present, high temperature mode has been activated in many places. The summer vacation needs of passengers have also been put on the agenda, and their choices of travel projects are more diverse. Compared to the pursuit of hot scenic spots during the "May Day" holiday and the "special forces check-in" style travel, "leisure" and "coolness" have become high scoring options during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday.
According to data from Tongcheng Travel, since June this year, the search popularity of "drifting" related products has increased by 272%, and indoor and outdoor water parks in various regions have also become the preferred choice for parent-child travel. On the Ctrip platform, the popularity of "Suixi" related products has increased by over 50% month on month in the past two weeks, and camping orders in Shanghai have increased by 7 times year-on-year.
Booking of air tickets will enter its peak period starting from early June
The arrival of the "hottest" Dragon Boat Festival has also ignited the civil aviation market.
According to reports from the Capital Airport, it is expected to transport 442000 passengers during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, with a daily average of 147000 passengers and 3186 guaranteed flights, with a daily average of 1062. Both pre holiday passenger and flight peaks occurred on June 21st, with 164000 inbound and outbound passengers and 1163 flights; On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, the number of inbound and outbound passengers will reach 153000, with a flight volume of 1082.
Daxing Airport stated that according to predictions, the passenger throughput of Daxing Airport during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday is relatively stable, with an expected total of more than 2500 flights and more than 330000 passengers received and sent off. The daily average flight volume is basically the same as this year's May Day holiday, with an average planned execution of 839 flights per day and an average daily passenger flow of over 110000 people. The peak travel day is expected to occur on June 24th, with 847 planned flights and 120000 passengers being picked up and dropped off on that day.
The reporter learned from China Eastern Airlines that the booking of tickets for the Dragon Boat Festival has entered a peak period since early June. As of June 19th, the booking volume of tickets for China Eastern Airlines, its subsidiary Shanghai Airlines, and China United Airlines for the Dragon Boat Festival has exceeded 940000, which is 3.6 times that of last year's Dragon Boat Festival.
From the booking situation of China Eastern Airlines flight tickets, during this year's Dragon Boat Festival holiday, popular domestic tourist destinations include Kunming, Beijing, Shanghai, Xi'an, Chengdu, Wuhan, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Qingdao, Lanzhou and other places. In terms of outbound travel, popular destinations include Hong Kong, Macau, Tokyo, Singapore, Osaka, Bangkok, Phuket, Kuala Lumpur and other places.
The national railway is expected to send 71 million passengers
While the civil aviation market is busy, railway transportation during holidays is also particularly hot.
The reporter learned from China National Railway Group Co., Ltd. that the 5-day railway Dragon Boat Festival holiday transportation will start today. From June 21st to June 25th, the national railway is expected to send 71 million passengers, with a daily average of 14.2 million passengers sent. June 22nd is the peak day of passenger flow, with an estimated 16 million passengers sent.
The head of the transportation department of China Railway Group introduced that during this year's Dragon Boat Festival holiday, the railway department will increase the operation of high-speed trains and sleeper trains at night. From June 21st to 22nd, 108 night high-speed trains will be arranged in popular areas such as Shanghai to Zhengzhou, Shanghai to Nanchang, Hangzhou to Zhengzhou, and Hangzhou to Fuzhou. An additional 18 high-speed sleeper trains will be added daily between Shanghai Hongqiao to Foshan, Guangzhou South, Zhuhai, Beijing West to Shenzhen North, Zhuhai, Zhanjiang, and other popular areas. One high-speed sleeper train will be added daily between Beijing West to Kunming South, Kunming South to Guiyang North, and Guiyang North to Beijing West.
At the same time, flexibly increase the number of short distance passenger trains. Organize various railway bureau group companies to dynamically grasp the short distance travel needs such as holiday visits, outings, dragon boat races, etc., and flexibly increase the number of temporary passenger trains within the management in a timely manner to dynamically meet the travel needs of short distance passengers. At the same time, to cope with sudden passenger flows, a certain number of standby high-speed trains, conventional passenger trains, and crew members are arranged at the main railway hubs, ready to be put into operation at any time.
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