Nanpai Information: The May Day holiday in 2024 is approaching, and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism has issued travel tips, reminding tourists to pay attention to travel safety and arrange their itinerary reasonably.
While meeting consumers' needs for efficient, economical and green travel methods, hitchhiking has injected new impetus into promoting tourism recovery, promoting regional economic development and alleviating road congestion.
It is reported that the demand for orders placed on the platform is expected to increase by more than 75% year-on-year, and the popularity of travel around this year will heat up again!
This year's May Day holiday is from May 1 to May 5, tick hitchhiker big data predicts, during the May Day hitchhiker order volume is expected to increase by 75% year-on-year, the day before the holiday, that is, April 30 is the peak day of travel, the second peak is May 1, a large number of car owners set off demand time period concentrated in the morning 9 o'clock - 15 o'clock. It can be seen that most users choose to take leave one day in advance, and many fellow travelers have chosen to travel in the reverse special forces style, that is, to roam flat and miss the daily morning rush hour.
Here, Tick Hitch reminds everyone that it is recommended to avoid the peak hours of outbound congestion and plan the itinerary reasonably to make the same trip more comfortable.
According to the big data forecast of Tick Hitch, the number of intercity orders will increase significantly during this year's May Day holiday, with an overall increase of about 15% compared with weekdays. Among them, short and medium-distance (0-100km) will account for more than 70%, and medium- and long-distance orders (100km-200km) will also continue to rise.
This shows that during the holidays, the proportion of long-distance travel needs of hitchhiking users will be higher than on weekdays. At the same time, due to the abundant time during the May Day holiday, many users choose to play in nearby cities, and hitchhiking has become an important choice for short-distance cross-city travel and peripheral travel.
In addition, according to the big data prediction of Tick Hitch, during this year's May Day, the average degree of overall orders of Tick Hitch will reach 87%, and more than half of the orders will exceed 90%. This shows that car owners and passengers pay more attention to the degree of passing when choosing fellow travelers, and the like-minded people on the itinerary are also the same as the green travel concept, which will make full use of the empty seats of more private cars on the road, and effectively alleviate the traffic pressure on the main roads and highways in various cities during the May Day holiday.
According to the big data of Tick Hitch, the top 20 popular cities for hitchhiking are (in no particular order): Shanghai, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dongguan, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Beijing, Qingdao, Hangzhou, Tianjin, Suzhou, Foshan, Huizhou, Dalian, Shijiazhuang, Jinan, Nantong, Harbin, Wuxi, Quanzhou.
From the point of view of the specific destinations of the route, the proportion of station orders is relatively high, and taking a hitchhike to large transportation hubs such as airports and railway stations will become a higher demand for cars during the May Day holiday.
In addition to the demand for stations, local characteristic scenic spots in many places have also become the main destinations for users to travel downwind, such as: Chongqing University Town, Chengdu Chunxi Road, Shanghai Bund, Guangzhou Chimelong Happy World, etc.
In order to meet the needs of users for more comfortable and affordable travel, Tick Travel launched the "Tick Take Me Away" feature column in the APP during the May Day period, where users can receive travel benefits at the bottom of the column, and the May Day travel allowance has also been officially issued.