With less than a month to go before the May Day holiday, holiday tourism demand has been released ahead of schedule.
Recently, Ctrip's platform released data that domestic travel orders on the platform during the short holiday period have reached the same level as in 2019, with a year-on-year increase of more than 7 times. The Modern Express reporter inquired about the accommodation around popular scenic spots in Jiangsu and found that the general housing supply was in short supply, and the price during the holiday was at least double that of weekdays.
△Confucius Temple Infographic
Domestic tourism is growing rapidly
The number of orders increased by 7 times year-on-year
The "May Day" small long holiday is coming, and careful friends find that when the weekend meets the holiday, and then take three days off from May 4 to 6, the small long holiday will open the 9-day "super long standby" mode, enough to go out and play. "The backlog of consumer demand since February is expected to be released during the May Day period. Major tourist cities and holiday destinations in the country will benefit. Fang Zexi, an industry analyst at Ctrip Research Institute, said.
The Modern Express reporter learned that as of April 6, from the perspective of domestic travel, the number of orders for domestic travel through Ctrip increased by more than 7 times year-on-year, and the per capita consumption was almost the same as last year; From the perspective of tourists' travel distance, the proportion of orders for long-distance travel on May Day exceeded 60%, and long-term tourism orders increased by 811% year-on-year; From the perspective of growth rate, the year-on-year increase in local tour orders on May Day is relatively small, which also shows that more tourists want to go further during the five-day holiday.
△Jimingji cherry blossoms data map
As of April 6, the overall tourism registration of Shanghai, Beijing, Nanjing, Chengdu, Xi'an, Hangzhou, Chongqing, Wuhan, Guangzhou and Changsha during the "May Day" period was relatively popular, and the number of "May Day" bookings in many places has caught up with the same period in 2019, Chengdu, Changsha, Qingdao, Suzhou, Fuzhou, Zhuhai and other popular tourist destinations have exceeded 2019 by more than 30%, and Dali and Weihai have become "big dark horses" with higher growth rates. According to data, the number of tourist orders in Dali exceeded 190% in 2019, while Weihai increased by more than 300%.
From the perspective of domestic self-driving tours, as of April 6, the number of car rental orders on the platform "May Day" increased by more than 80% year-on-year, and the growth rate of car rental orders in Fuzhou, Lanzhou, Dalian, Weihai, Nanchang, Yining, Huangshan, Shantou and other places ranked high, becoming a new destination for self-driving tours during this year's small holiday, and car rental orders in these regions increased by more than 200% compared with "May Day" in 2021. In addition, affected by the trend of long-term long-distance travel on May Day this year, the average price of car rentals on Ctrip's platform doubled compared with last year, and the length of time and distance traveled by tourists have further increased.
Popular scenic spots in Jiangsu
Booking surrounding accommodation should be "fast"
The Modern Express reporter found that during the "May Day" period, some room types in the seaview hotel near Dali Erhai have been fully booked, and even the seaview suite worth 11,450 yuan on Ctrip has been booked. In addition to the "big dark horse", Jiangsu's major popular attractions are no less, and the surrounding hotels are in short supply.
The situation is basically the same for all major accommodation booking platforms. On April 8, the reporter saw on the Huazhu Club App that although the prices of hotels around Nanjing's Confucius Temple Scenic Area increased during the small holiday, many hotels even showed that twin rooms were "booked". Orange Crystal Nanjing Confucius Temple Hotel is well booked, in addition to the highest-end room type "Lotus Pond Moonlight" family room can also be booked, the remaining room types have been fully booked, and this only available room type has also increased significantly.
△ "May Day" holiday Yangzhou Dongguan Street near the hotel price
Yangzhou is also a popular tourist city in Jiangsu, and Hanting Hotel next to the Slender West Lake Scenic Area has four room types: double room, superior double room, twin room and family room. The cheapest room type with no windows but not much left. The staff said, "There are three left, so if you want to make a reservation, you have to hurry." The reporter randomly selected a number of hotels around the scenic area to inquire, each with at least double the room rate, and many room types showed the words "nervous" or "only × rooms left".
△ "May Day" holiday Suzhou Humble Administrator's Garden near hotel prices
Orange Suzhou Railway Station Hotel, the map navigation shows that the drive to the Humble Administrator's Garden is as short as 6.5 kilometers, and the platform is defined as a "comfortable" hotel. The price of the luxurious bed here is usually about 400 yuan, and the price of the Huazhuhui platform on the day of "May Day" is 812 yuan per room. The relatively inexpensive double rooms and tatami bed rooms both showed "fully booked", and the hotel staff said: "17 deluxe double rooms are already occupied, and 20 are still available for booking." In contrast, Suzhou Ink Pingjiang Manxin Mansion, which is closer to the Humble Administrator's Garden Scenic Area, also increased significantly, and 5 of the 7 room types displayed on the "May Day" platform were marked with "tight room volume".
A wave of people will come
Nanjing is making emergency plans
Just past the Qingming Festival, the Internet celebrity Nanjing is still in the sea of people. Kexiang Vegetable Market, Laomen East, Hongshan Zoo... Everywhere is everyone. Netizens complained that the "heat" of the big blue whale is full. The relevant person in charge of Nanjing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism introduced that according to the practice of previous years, the charm of Nanjing will be doubled during the "May Day" period. All kinds of meetings, gushing tourists, so that "May Day" has not yet arrived, rooms next to attractions have been booked, and room prices have generally increased.
△Old Gate East Data map
Compared with popular attractions and rooms in the city that are booked early, the temperature of surrounding tours and guesthouses has dropped compared with the same period last year. The relevant person in charge of Nanjing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism analyzed that due to the epidemic, citizens can only travel around in 2020, 2021 and 2022, so homestays are "sought-after"; Today, the public can "travel everywhere", the "May Day" small holiday can go further, the surrounding tours are not so popular, and the number of homestay bookings naturally declines. "B&Bs mainly serve local urban residents for surrounding tours, and May Day is mainly for trips out of the city and provinces, and the decline is of course normal."
The relevant person in charge of the Nanjing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism said that the appointment of scenic spots under management generally starts 5 days in advance, but scenic spots of all levels are already making emergency plans. "During the May Day holiday, the passenger flow will definitely be greater."
Source: Modern Express