The hottest Dragon Boat Festival in the past five years! These cities have become popular with pre orders | airfare | cities
Introduction: During this year's Dragon Boat Festival holiday, many platforms had more pre orders for air tickets, train tickets, etc. than the same period in 2019 before the epidemic, and airlines also invested far more capacity than in 2019.
Author | First Financial Chen Shanshan
After spending the "hottest" May Day holiday in history, although the holiday time has been shortened, the enthusiasm of tourists for traveling has not diminished, creating the hottest Dragon Boat Festival holiday in five years.
The reporter learned from multiple platforms and airlines that during this year's Dragon Boat Festival holiday, many platforms had more pre orders for air tickets, train tickets, etc. than the same period in 2019 before the epidemic, and airlines also invested far more capacity than in 2019.
For example, Lucky Air plans to operate nearly 1100 flights during this year's Dragon Boat Festival holiday, with a nearly 30% increase in flight execution compared to the same period in 2019.
According to data from Hanglv Zongheng, during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday this year, the planned number of flights on domestic routes exceeded 47000, an increase of about 1.8 times compared to the same period last year; The number of flights scheduled for entry and exit exceeds 5000. The domestic flight booking volume during the Dragon Boat Festival period has also increased by more than twice compared to the same period last year, with an entry and exit flight booking volume exceeding 300000.
Qunar data also shows that during this year's Dragon Boat Festival holiday, the number of flight bookings in popular cities in China exceeded 20% of the same period in 2019, and the number of hotel bookings in popular cities in China exceeded 1.6 times that of the same period in 2019.
These cities are on fire
According to the booking situation of air tickets, the top 10 popular destinations for the Dragon Boat Festival holiday in China identified by Air Travel Service are Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Xi'an, Shenzhen, Kunming, Chongqing, Hangzhou, and Urumqi; The top 10 popular destinations for outbound travel are Hong Kong, Seoul, Bangkok, Singapore, Macau, Tokyo, Osaka, Taipei, London, and Phuket.
It is worth noting that since June, the number of passengers traveling from domestic routes to Xinjiang has exceeded 1 million, an increase of nearly 17% compared to the same period last month. As of the week ending June 19th, the booking volume of flights to Xinjiang during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday exceeded 110000, an increase of approximately 58% from the previous week's booking volume.
The popularity of Xinjiang is closely related to the increasing demand for summer vacation, graduation tours, and parent-child tours. Shen Jiani, Senior Researcher at the Strategic Research Center of Ctrip Research Institute, pointed out that due to the approaching summer of the Dragon Boat Festival this year, driven by groups such as parent-child and graduates, the summer tourism market has opened up ahead of schedule.
This judgment has also been validated by the Qunar data. This year's Dragon Boat Festival holiday, the number of flight reservations for 18-23 year old college students on Qunar platform has increased significantly, with the highest proportion of post-90s passengers reaching 32%, and the combined proportion of the two exceeds 40%.
On the Qunar platform, the number of flight bookings departing during the Dragon Boat Festival has increased significantly since June 8th. There are two peak travel dates before the Dragon Boat Festival this year, namely June 16th and June 21st. From the perspective of destinations, passengers departing on June 16th are mainly engaged in long-distance travel. In addition to northwest regions such as Xinjiang, southwestern regions such as Chengdu, Kunming, and Beihai are also popular destinations.
In terms of the number of flight bookings for Qunar, the popularity of big cities is not decreasing, with Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Chongqing, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Xi'an, Changsha, and Wuhan being popular destinations for the Dragon Boat Festival.
From the booking situation of train tickets, the "Moments" that can be reached within 2 hours by high-speed rail from big cities have also become popular during the Dragon Boat Festival, such as Tianjin, Qinhuangdao, and Jinan around Beijing; Huzhou, Ningbo, Jiaxing, and Wuxi surrounding Shanghai Hangzhou Nanjing; Shantou and Huizhou around Guangzhou Shenzhen; Nanchang, Jiujiang, Jingzhou, and Yueyang around Wuhan Changsha; Leshan, Zunyi, and other areas around Chengdu Chongqing.
It is worth noting that the popularity of Zibo barbecue is still high. During the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, high-speed rail orders targeting Zibo on the Ctrip platform increased by 560% year-on-year.
During this year's Dragon Boat Festival, the ticket data for flights, hotels, and scenic spots of Tongcheng Travel also exceeded the same period in 2019. Among them, the routes between the Pearl River Delta and the Yangtze River Delta to and from Chengdu and Chongqing are the most popular, with the top ten domestic routes ranking in popularity being Chongqing Shenzhen, Shenzhen Chongqing, Wenzhou Guiyang, Ningbo Guiyang, Chengdu Shenzhen, Beijing Chengdu, Guangzhou Chongqing, Shanghai Guangzhou, Guangzhou Shanghai, and Guangzhou Hangzhou.
Where to fly during summer vacation
As the first batch of college entrance examination students finished their first trip, primary and secondary school students also entered the rhythm of summer. As of June 23, the number of flight reservations for summer travel on Qunar platform also began to significantly increase, an increase of 2.2 times compared to the previous week.
From the perspective of popular summer flight destinations, long-distance travel is still the preferred choice for many users, with Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Kunming, Urumqi, Guangzhou, Xi'an, Shenzhen, Chongqing, and Haikou all being popular destinations for summer long-distance travel.
According to the 2023 Civil Aviation Summer Transport Plan and Forecast Report released by the Flight Manager, the total number of planned flights for the entire civil aviation summer transport is 1.012 million, which is basically the same as the same period in 2019. Among them, the planned international flight volume decreased by 51.2% compared to the same period in 2019, and the planned domestic flight volume increased by 10.6% compared to the same period in 2019.
Among them, the domestic planned summer transportation capacity of 29 airports with a capacity of tens of millions of yuan increased compared to 2019, including the newly opened Beijing Daxing and Chengdu Tianfu airports. Among them, Ningbo Lishe, Sanya Phoenix, Changchun Longjia, and Wenzhou Longwan airports showed significant year-on-year growth, with growth rates of 30.0%, 23.5%, 23.0%, and 22.9%, respectively.
On the international front, Vietnam, Singapore, South Korea, and other major countries/regions with high recovery rates for planned summer transportation capacity have recovery rates of 74.3%, 64.1%, and 62.2%, respectively, while the United States has a recovery rate of only 9.2%.
The flight manager predicts that the daily average passenger volume and throughput of summer transportation in 2023 will be 1.996 million, an increase of 2.6% compared to the same period in 2019; It is expected that the daily passenger throughput of domestic flights will reach 1.873 million, an increase of 8.6% compared to 2019.