In a few days, we will usher in the "May Day" holiday, through a set of numbers to feel people's willingness and enthusiasm to travel.
The inbound tourism market continues to heat up
China Tourism Research Institute predicts that this year's "May Day" holiday will usher in an outbound boom, from the visa data, "May Day" popular outbound travel countries are: Japan, South Korea, Australia, Vietnam, Canada, New Zealand, etc. At the same time, the inbound tourism market is also continuing to heat up, data shows that the "May Day" holiday inbound travel booking orders increased by 130% year-on-year, and inbound tourists mainly come from Malaysia, Thailand, the United Kingdom, Russia, France and other countries.
Domestic long-term tours are popular in counties
In terms of domestic travel, the booking data of major tourism platforms shows that during this year's "May Day" holiday, domestic long-term travel orders accounted for more than half, and Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Hangzhou, Chengdu, Nanjing, Xi'an, Wuhan, Guangzhou, and Changsha are popular tourist destinations during the May Day holiday. There are also more and more tourists willing to travel to smaller cities, and hotel bookings in county markets increased by 68% year-on-year. Baoshan, Huaihua, Chifeng, Hotan, Heze and other cities with regional airports have seen a significant year-on-year increase in air ticket bookings, most of which exceed 50%.
In addition, according to the data of various car rental platforms, during this year's "May Day" holiday, domestic car rental self-driving orders increased by 40% year-on-year, and the booking models were mainly SUVs and commercial vehicles, and the number of RV bookings increased nearly 7 times year-on-year.
The May Day holiday is approaching
How can it be easier to pay for travel?
When going out during the holidays, many people want to be more convenient when paying and taking public transportation, and for this reason, various departments are also upgrading their services.
Rainbow sticky notes for passengers
How to get on the subway at a glance
This is the Wulukou Station of Xi'an Metro, and on one wall of the station, the brightly colored "rainbow guide strip" is eye-catching. According to the subway staff, they have just updated a variety of travel routes to major tourist attractions and passenger transportation hubs in Xi'an, and these "rainbow" guidance strips guide a location, which is placed at each entrance and exit of the station and at the service desk, and passengers can take it away by themselves.
Tourist Ms. Huang: For us, the network may be better, but if the Internet is not convenient for the elderly, it is better to use this, because it is written very clearly, where to stop, where to get off, how much time it takes, it is written clearly.
Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, which is also a popular tourist city, also prints popular locations on the "rainbow sticky notes" of subway stations, Confucius Temple, Laomendong, Jiangsu Provincial People's Hospital, Jiangsu Provincial Maternal and Child Health Hospital, more than a dozen popular locations, all have corresponding boarding and boarding stations and transfer methods.
Zhang Tong, staff member of Nanjing Metro Passenger Transport Branch: We brought together all stations on the line, and passengers inquired about more destinations, and then made such rainbow sticky notes, using different colors to distinguish destinations.
"Coin purse" services have been launched in many places
Facilitate convenient payments
In order to make people's payment more convenient, many places have also launched "coin purse" services, mainly in small denominations of 5 yuan, 10 yuan and 20 yuan. At present, bank outlets in Wuhan, Hubei Province have achieved full coverage of "coin purse" exchange services.
In Huangshan, Anhui Province, ATMs in various tourist attractions and key business districts have also realized the function of changing money, and the payment platform of Huangshan Scenic Area has recently launched a multi-language translation function, making it more convenient for foreign tourists to spend in Huangshan.
American tourist Zhuo Wen: Like I just paid, you can scan the code and order when you go to the hotel. There is also a better function, it is a direct translation software, you can directly search Huangshan, come in there will be supporting services, hotels, food ordering, ticket buying, reservation tickets, cableway everything.
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Editor: Xiang Yanhong