Health Times Li Ning
Affected by the epidemic in some parts of The country, the tourism market for the May Day holiday this year was cold. According to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, in 2022, the "May Day" holiday will be 5 days, and 160 million domestic tourism trips will be made nationwide, a year-on-year decrease of 30.2%.
The epidemic prevention and control policy has a greater impact on tourism consumption, and camping continues to heat up
Outdoor campers enjoy a good time in spring Cao Zihao/Photo
According to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the passenger flow in scenic spots such as Jiuzhaigou and Hangzhou West Lake has dropped significantly compared with previous years. The average occupancy rate of Sanya hotels was 20.57%, down more than 60% year-on-year. Urban parks, open scenic spots and surrounding villages in the suburbs carry the main leisure needs, and the leisure space of urban residents in the main source areas is transferred from the city to the surrounding areas.
The popularity of rural tourism has heated up, and green and healthy leisure experience activities such as mountain residence, flower and fruit picking, and farming research are favored by tourists. Family group picking, barbecue, picnic and other leisure methods have increased significantly, and characteristic holiday-type homestays and farmhouses have driven tourism consumption.
Camping has become a trend, "flower viewing + camping", "caravan + camping", "open-air concert + camping", "travel photography + camping" and many other characteristics of exquisite camping products are sought after by tourists. According to Fliggy data, the number of camping orders during the May Day holiday increased by more than 350% month-on-month, and Hangzhou, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Beijing, Zhuhai, Changzhou, Foshan and Chongqing ranked among the top ten popular camping source areas in the country.
Many provinces and cities launched travel preferential activities, and some provinces and cities "full of blood resurrection"
During this year's "May Day" holiday, a total of 8716 A-class tourist attractions across the country were opened normally, accounting for 61.3% of the total number of A-class tourist attractions.
Many provinces and cities have launched travel preferential activities, and Fujian has launched the theme of "Spring Return to The Blessed Land 'Art' Departure". Jiangxi launched the "Red May Re-departure" cultural tourism publicity and promotion season activities.
Xinjiang held 120 tourism activities and 87 cultural and artistic activities in conjunction with the "Meat Festival". All localities have further intensified efforts to benefit the people and enhanced the people's sense of gain.
Guizhou arranged 10 million yuan of funds to issue colorful Guizhou cultural tourism consumption coupons in 2022, and launched a series of preferential measures such as 50% discount and package discount for state-owned A-class tourist attractions.
The Sichuan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism announced that during the May Day holiday, the cultural and tourism market seriously affected by the epidemic was "full of blood resurrection", and the province received a total of 44.0108 million tourists, achieving a comprehensive tourism income of 13.443 billion yuan, recovering to 86% and 82% in the same period of 2021, respectively, an increase of 10.4% and 26.2% over the same period in 2020. Among them, the 707 A-class tourist attractions included in the statistics of the province have received a total of 13.086 million tourists, achieving ticket revenue of 120 million yuan, an increase of 46% and 110% respectively compared with the same caliber of this year's Qingming and Ming Dynasty holidays.
