The May Day holiday is getting closer and closer, and the tourism market is gradually ushering in a peak of bookings. Independent travel or group tour? Short-distance tour or medium- and long-distance tour? Domestic tour or outbound tour? Are the prices of air tickets and hotels rising? A few days ago, this reporter visited some travel agencies in our region to understand the situation.
At present, many citizens have begun to make travel plans for the "May Day" holiday in advance. Yu Rongrong, who lives in Zhujing Town, told reporters that compared with the Qingming holiday, there are only three days of vacation, and the time is relatively tight, so she can only choose to travel around.
In addition to independent travel, many citizens also choose to join group tours, and travel agencies will take care of various affairs on their behalf, which is relatively worry-free and labor-saving. The reporter learned that many travel agencies launched a variety of short-distance tours, domestic long-term tours, and outbound tours in Southeast Asia during the "May Day" period, among which the surrounding short-distance tours are the most popular among the public, and some routes have been sold out.
He Haitang, General Manager of Shanghai Jinshan Branch of Jiangsu Jeddah International Travel Service Co., Ltd.:
The three-day tour package of the farmhouse includes food, accommodation, and all insurance and car fares, etc., and the prices are 428 yuan and 398 yuan, which is relatively favorable. It may be inconvenient for tourists to drive by themselves, and in addition to traffic jams, it is not easy to find a farmhouse.
According to data from a number of online travel platforms, the number of air ticket bookings in popular cities during the May Day holiday has grown rapidly, and the number of single-day bookings has exceeded that of the same period in 2023, and the search popularity of domestic hotels during the May Day holiday is the same as that of the same period in 2023, about twice that of the same period in 2019. The reporter saw on a travel booking platform that during the "May Day" holiday, the air ticket prices of some popular outbound travel destinations increased by more than 150%.
You Zhengtang, head of the petrochemical business department of Shanghai Airlines International Tourism (Group) Co., Ltd.:
During the "May Day" period, the price increase of short-distance tours around the area was mainly affected by hotels, rising by about 10%. For domestic long-distance travel, it involves buying air tickets, train tickets, etc., and the increase is about 30%.
Reporter丨Lv Yao, Ni Yanqing, Zhu Yi
Correspondent丨Wu Junwei
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