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IFENG DAILY TRAVEL INFORMATION
Number of bookings for air tickets from mainland China to Paris during the Olympic Games
240% increase over the same period last year
Paris is seeing a lot of traffic due to the Olympics. The Paris Olympics will open on July 26 and close on August 11, 2024. According to Ctrip, so far the number of air ticket bookings made by mainland tourists to Paris during the Olympics has increased by 240% year-on-year, and the number of hotel bookings from mainland tourists in Paris has increased by 180% year-on-year.
WeChat Pay multi-scenario support
Overseas visitors to China can use e-CNY to make convenient payments
Under the guidance of the Digital Currency Research Institute of the People's Bank of China, Tencent's digital RMB project team has further improved the digital RMB payment experience of overseas visitors to China with innovative functions such as "barcode interoperability" and "wallet quick payment". After opening an e-CNY wallet, overseas visitors to China can use the e-CNY App to scan the WeChat Pay commercial collection code and business collection code to pay at more than one million merchants in the e-CNY pilot area. Users can also activate "WeChat Pay" under the Quick Pay function of the wallet, and conveniently use e-CNY payment in scenarios such as WeChat Mini Programs and Channels.
The Yangtze River Delta Railway sends passengers every day during the May Day holiday
About 3.4 million passengers or a record
On April 24, according to China Railway Shanghai Bureau Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Shanghai Bureau Group), the Yangtze River Delta Railway's 2024 "May Day" holiday transportation plan was recently introduced, and the holiday transportation period will be from April 29 to May 6, totaling 8 days. During this period, the Yangtze River Delta Railway is expected to send more than 27 million passengers, with an average daily passenger of more than 3.4 million passengers, or a holiday transportation with the highest average daily passenger flow.
In view of the actual increase in passenger flow during the "May Day" holiday, the Yangtze River Delta railway department coordinated the capacity arrangement, adopted the basic operation map plan, the "May Day" passenger plan, and the emergency plan to arrange the capacity in three batches, and planned to increase the number of passenger trains by 192.5 pairs on the basis of the implementation of the peak line. Among them, 133 pairs of night EMU trains were arranged.
People from the Taiwan Tourism Association appealed to the DPP authorities
The "ban on groups" should be lifted" The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council responded
On the morning of 24 April, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council held a regular press briefing, at which spokesperson Zhu Fenglian answered reporters' questions on recent cross-strait hot issues.
A reporter asked that according to Taiwan media reports, the Hualien earthquake has hit the local tourism industry hard, and many people in the industry hope that the mainland will allow mainland tourists to visit Taiwan as soon as possible, and some people from the tourism association have called on the DPP authorities to lift the "ban on group tours" and that "everyone knows whether Taiwan needs a mainland passenger market or not." Do you have any comment on this?
Zhu Fenglian said: The mainland has always insisted on promoting the normalization of cross-strait personnel exchanges and exchanges in various fields. So far, the DPP authorities have not lifted the "ban on group groups" and have not allowed mainland residents to go to Taiwan for exchanges. Only by removing these obstacles can we create favorable conditions for the resumption of normal cross-strait tourism and people-to-people exchanges.
Hong Kong's chief executive expects May Day Golden Week
There were at least 800,000 visitors from the Mainland
On April 23, Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee said that the government has been making comprehensive preparations for the May Day Golden Week, and it is estimated that there will be at least 800,000 mainland visitors to Hong Kong, and about 5.9 million people will enter and exit the immigration control points.
Mr Lee pointed out that the specific arrangements for the control points will be announced before the Golden Week, and the Transport and Logistics Bureau will maintain close liaison with public transport operators, and many operators of the service industry have already formulated promotional plans and experiential activities, hoping that tourists will have a good experience in dining, shopping and other aspects, and will promote Hong Kong after returning to their places of origin.
Heilongjiang Ice and Snow Season OTA tourism revenue exceeded 10.9 billion
On April 24, Ctrip's Key Laboratory of Online Tourism Scene Data Mining and Intelligent Design of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism released the "2023-2024 Heilongjiang Ice and Snow Tourism Report". According to the report, as a traditional ice and snow tourism destination, Heilongjiang has created a 145.59% increase in OTA (online travel platform) tourists in the 2023-2024 ice and snow season compared with 2019, and OTA tourism revenue has also achieved a growth of 168.29%, with the market growth rate far exceeding the national average. During the 2023-2024 ice and snow season, the number of OTA tourists in Heilongjiang Province reached 43.021 million, and the OTA tourism revenue reached 10.944 billion yuan, which is the best result since the 2019-2020 ice and snow season.
Qingdao Sea Palace was renovated and upgraded
"Ocean Metaverse" park
Recently, it is understood that the renovation and upgrading of the Sea Palace, a landmark building in Qingdao, into the "Ocean Metaverse" park, will be put into trial operation during this year's "May Day". The construction of the project makes use of digital technologies such as AIGC (Generative Artificial Intelligence) and MR (Mixed Reality).
In addition, the project will create a waterless marine world, plan digital interactive creative exhibitions, integrate interactive experiences and visual and auditory strong sensory stimulation, and deepen visitors' sense of integration in a waterless environment. Create a light and shadow show on the sea, expand the extension platform, add projection spotlights, and project creative graphics or laser beams on the sea surface and the extension platform to create a night economy check-in place. Realize the popular science display of marine science and technology, and show the highest and best marine science and technology in the country through the combination of virtual and physical museums, stimulate scientific interest and enlighten scientific concepts.
Americans were rescued in distress camping on the outskirts of Beijing
The U.S. ambassador to China issued another statement to publicly express his gratitude
On April 24, U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns issued a public statement of thanks to the emergency responders who bravely assisted Americans in distress camping in the suburbs of Beijing earlier this year.
Burns said he had met with members of the U.S. Mission in China on April 19 and thanked the rescuers, saying they had "gone through a lot of trouble to rescue our colleagues in that cold and extremely difficult mountainous area." Through this statement, Burns, on behalf of the U.S. Mission in China, "once again publicly expresses our deepest gratitude to these heroic Chinese frontline rescuers and medical personnel" and "we believe they saved the lives of our colleagues, for which we are eternally grateful."
Huazhu: The scale of the hotel has increased by 5 times in ten years
Ctrip holds 7% of the shares, Ji Qi holds 31%
On April 23, Huazhu released its latest 20-F annual report, which showed that as of April 23, 2024, Huazhu's market capitalization was approximately HK$99.3 billion.
The report disclosed the latest shareholding structure: compared with the previous year, Ctrip and Ji Qi's shareholding in Huazhu increased slightly, to 7% and 31% respectively. As of March 31, 2024, the board members or senior executives of the company holding more than 1% of Huazhu are: Ji Qi (holding 31% of the shares); Zhao Tongtong (8.4%).
As of December 31, 2023, China Lodging had a total of 9,394 hotels in operation, including 691 leased and owned hotels and 8,703 managed franchised and franchised hotels, with a total of 912,444 hotel rooms. From 1,425 hotels in 2013 to 9,394 hotels in 2023, an increase of more than 5 times in 10 years.
China Express Airlines: Net profit in the first quarter of 2024 will be 24.67 million yuan
Year-on-year turnaround
On April 24, China Express Airlines released its performance report for the first quarter of 2024. The company achieved operating income of 1.616 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 54.67%, net profit attributable to the parent company of 24.67 million yuan, a year-on-year turnaround, net cash flow generated by operating activities of 412 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1.67 times, and an asset-liability ratio of 83.67%, an increase of 4.99 percentage points year-on-year.
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