Today is the first day of the "May Day" holiday, judging from the booking data of a number of online travel platforms, the popularity of this year's holiday tourism has increased steadily on the basis of the high level in 2023, and the orders for outbound travel and inbound travel have increased significantly.
According to the forecast data of a number of online travel platforms, the top 10 popular tourist destinations during the "May Day" holiday:
Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Hangzhou, Chengdu, Nanjing, Xi'an, Wuhan, Guangzhou, Changsha
Wuhan
Up to now, tickets for the Hubei Provincial Museum and Hubei Museum of Art from May 1 to 5 have been fully booked, and the Wuhan Science and Technology Museum is only available for May 5.
Reminder that at present, most of the cultural venues have implemented a real-name reservation system, and reservations can be made at least 3 days in advance through the venue's official WeChat public account or Wuhan Cultural Tourism Code Mini Program.
Prediction of congestion in scenic spots
It is expected that this year's "May Day" holiday may exceed the number of tourists in previous holidays, among which the popular scenic spots in the city, such as the Yellow Crane Tower, East Lake Scenic Area, Tanhualin, Wuhan Zoo, Gude Temple, Qingchuan Pavilion, Zhonghua Road Wharf and Wuhan Guan Wharf, will attract more tourists to play and check in.
Beijing
The Palace Museum shows "Appointment Expired".
The Badaling Great Wall "May Day" holiday has arranged early opening and special night tours, and reservations are no longer available for some periods on May 1, May 4 and May 5.
Shanghai
The Shanghai Museum will be open as usual during the May Day holiday, and the opening hours of the East Building will be extended every day during the period.
From May 1, Century Park, the largest free park in downtown Shanghai, will be open 24 hours a day.
The current situation at Shanghai Disney Resort is as follows.
Chongqing
The operating hours of the Yangtze River Cableway and the Crown Escalator have been extended. During the May Day holiday, the operating hours of the Yangtze River Cableway will be adjusted to 07:30-22:30, and the normal operating hours will resume from 08:00-22:00 from May 6. The operating hours of the Crown Escalator will be adjusted to 08:00-21:00, and the normal operating hours will resume from 08:00-20:00 from May 6.
Chengdu
The "May Day" holiday is approaching, Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Base, Chengdu Zoo (Chengdu Wildlife Research Institute) and other places must make appointments and limit the flow. The morning ticket for the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Base will only be displayed as "bookable" on May 5.
Panda Valley Scenic Area was sold out on May 2 and May 3, and on the morning of May 1 and May 4, tickets were sold out on April 29.
The latest situation is as follows.
Recently, Sanxingdui Museum issued the latest "Visiting Instructions", emphasizing that "no third-party institutions or individuals are authorized to sell tickets and interpretation tickets", "manual interpretation services are only handled at the interpretation service desk in the hall of the exhibition hall", in addition to openly recruiting part-time commentators, the purpose of this move is to crack down on "scalpers", "wild guides", improve the service to ensure the visitor experience. During the "May Day" holiday, Sanxingdui Museum only has part of the time "available for reservation" on May 5.
Xi'an
As a popular tourist city, many scenic spots in Xi'an require reservations. For the three most difficult scenic spots/performances, the editor personally tested the Shaanxi History Museum to release tickets at 10:00, 11:00, 18:00, and 19:00 every day.
"Song of Long Hatred" performance: "Song of Long Hatred" is based on Bai Juyi's classic narrative poem "Song of Long Hatred", through 70 minutes and 11 scenes, artistically reproducing the love story between Tang Xuanzong and Yang Guifei that happened in Huaqing Palace 1300 years ago, and is one of the most popular performances in Xi'an.
Tickets for the May 1 show: SOLD OUT
Tickets for the May 2 show: SOLD OUT
Tickets for the May 3 show: SOLD OUT
Tickets for the May 4 show: SOLD OUT
Tickets for the May 5 show: SOLD OUT
Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum Museum (Terracotta Warriors), "May Day" holiday only on May 5 still have remaining tickets.
Guangzhou
This year's "May Day" holiday has a strong demand for travel, and Guangzhou is one of the popular destinations. The masses will mainly focus on tourism, and concentrate on going to tourist attractions, rural ecological scenic spots, and Internet celebrity check-in scenic spots, and road traffic will present the characteristics of "three concentrations": highway travel concentration, self-driving tourism travel concentration, and tidal traffic flow concentration.
In terms of scenic spots and business districts, it is expected that Guangzhou Chimelong Wildlife World, Guangzhou Zoo, Canton Tower, Nansha Tianhou Temple, Seagull Island, Baiyun Mountain Scenic Area, Dafu Mountain Forest Park, Hong Xiuquan Former Residence Memorial Hall, Guangzhou Uprising Memorial Hall and Martyrs' Cemetery, and the former site of the Peasant Movement Training Center will become popular tourist attractions, and the surrounding high-speed import and export locations are busy.
Changsha
Every small long holiday, the places with the largest flow of people in Changsha are Yuelu Mountain and Orange Island. If you want to go to Yuelu Mountain and Orange Island during the "May Day" holiday, please remember to make an appointment 3 days in advance, and pay attention to the official public account of "Yuelu Mountain Orange Island Tourist Area" in real time.
nanking
The cultural and tourism department predicts that the total number of tourists received by Nanjing during this year's "May Day" period will reach 9.5 million.
Nanjing Museum will be open all day from May 1st to May 5th, and the daily opening hours are 9:00-18:00 (last admission at 17:00).
At present, the tickets for the Nanjing Museum still show "full".
The Zhongshan Mausoleum Scenic Area implements an appointment to visit, and there are still tickets left on May 4 and May 5, and the first three days of the holiday show "full".
Confucius Temple and Laomen East Scenic Area, during the "May Day" holiday from 12:00 to 22:00 every day, the implementation of "appointment access" management during peak hours of crowd flow, currently showing the status of "available for appointment".
What's going on with your destination?
Source: Comprehensive public account of each scenic spot, etc
Editor: Yin Mengyuan
Editor-in-charge: Peng Mengdi Review: Du Hongli Final review: Zou Yan