More than half of the "May Day" holiday, major cities and key tourist attractions across the country continue to usher in the peak of passenger flow. The country's tourist cities once again ushered in the grand occasion of "100 million people" everywhere, and the locals have said that the biggest contribution to hometown tourism is to let out the scenic spots.
Locals go out to exercise,
Blocked at the subway entrance "can't go home"
At 9:45 on May 3, the Maijishan Scenic Area in Tianshui City, Gansu Province issued an announcement that the tickets for the scenic spot on May 4 have been sold out. The tickets for the Palace Museum, Nanjing Museum, Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum Scenic Area, Shanghai Museum East, Hubei Provincial Museum, Hubei Museum of Art, etc., as of May 5, were sold out as early as May 2.
On social platforms, many popular tourist cities have "experienced" the festive atmosphere of "being attacked".
Among them, Changsha and Nanjing seem to be "attacked" the most on social platforms. A netizen with an IP located in Hunan posted a note on a social platform: "Yuelu Mountain, which led the team to attack...... Changsha is very fun, next time it is not a holiday...... I almost squeezed to death in Changsha. ”
Local citizens in popular tourist destinations are "complaining". Some netizens in Suzhou posted a video saying that they went out to exercise and were blocked at the subway entrance and "couldn't go home".
A netizen who shows Nanjing said: "My contribution to Nanjing tourism is that I am on duty on May Day and let the scenic spots out." ”
There are also netizens in Changsha who said: "A small road took more than ten minutes to come out...... The natives of Changsha have returned to their hometowns to avoid the crowd, so leave Changsha to you to play!"
On May 3, data disclosed by the Hunan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism showed that on the third day of the "May Day" holiday, the total passenger flow of Hunan Province on that day was 10.9358 million, of which 882,600 were tourists from outside the province, accounting for 8.07%. According to the modeling and analysis of UnionPay business big data, the per capita expenditure of tourists in the province is 644.35 yuan.
According to data disclosed by the Hubei Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, from May 1 to 3, A-level tourist attractions in Hubei Province received a total of 9.0867 million tourists, an increase of 12.33% and 39.99% respectively compared with the same period in 2023 and 2019.
On the same day, a report released by Tongcheng Travel showed that the tourism popularity of major tourist cities across the country remained high in the first half of the holiday, and the tourism popularity of third-tier and below cities increased first. In terms of tourism themes, museums, science and technology museums and various indoor cultural exhibitions around the country are relatively popular, and the number of ticket bookings and reservations for key museums increased by 406% year-on-year.
Dunhuang Mingsha Mountain "blocked people"
According to a report released by Tongcheng Travel, in the first half of the May Day holiday, the weather in most parts of the country was fine, and botanical and botanical gardens, theme parks, mountains, and scenic spots suitable for outdoor play ushered in a peak of passenger flow. The growth rate of scenic spots and hotels in third-tier and below cities across the country is significantly higher than that in cities above the third tier. In addition to the traditional popular destinations that maintain the super high tourism popularity of "people from the crowd", the tourism fever of some small cities continues to heat up.
According to the report of Tongcheng Travel, the cities with a rapid rise in popularity mainly include: Zhongwei, Fuyang, Turpan, Southwest Guizhou, Zhangjiakou, Chifeng and other cities, and the ticket bookings of local scenic spots and eco-tourism areas have increased greatly, such as Zhongwei Shapotou Scenic Area, Fuyang Digou Scenic Area, and Wanfeng Forest Scenic Area in Southwest Guizhou Prefecture.
In terms of hotel accommodation, the number of hotel guests in Shuanghe City and Kunyu City in Xinjiang, Shennongjia Forest District in Hubei Province, Fangchenggang City in Guangxi Province and Jiayuguan City in Gansu Province all increased by more than 180% year-on-year, among which the hotel check-in traffic in Shuanghe City in Xinjiang increased by nearly 25 times year-on-year.
The surging news saw on social platforms that a netizen with an IP located in Ningxia said in a note that Zhongwei Shapotou Scenic Area was "really expected, and people follow the crowd". The netizen said, "I feel like four words support myself, and I'm here...... Queue for at least two hours per item ......"
There are also netizens in Gansu who said in the notes about Mingsha Mountain in Dunhuang: "Good news: no camels. Bad news: it's blocked...... Walk two steps and wait five minutes. ”
Tongcheng Travel's report also shows that new and old "Internet celebrity" cities have performed well in the "first half" of the "May Day" holiday. For example, the number of ticket bookings for major scenic spots in Zibo City increased by 197% year-on-year, the number of ticket bookings for major scenic spots in Harbin increased by more than 60% year-on-year, and the ticket bookings of Tianshui, a new "Internet celebrity" city, also increased by more than 40%.
Hotel bookings in Hong Kong
Year-on-year growth of nearly 90%
In terms of outbound travel, Tongcheng Travel's report shows that with the concentrated release of the visa-free policy and the full resumption of international flights, the demand for outbound travel on May Day is strong, and the popularity of Hong Kong and Macao remains in the lead in the first half of the holiday.
According to Tongcheng Travel data, Hong Kong, Thailand, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia, and Japan are among the most popular destinations for outbound travel during the May Day holiday. During the holiday period, the popularity of mainland residents visiting Hong Kong and the increase in visitor flow were among the highest, and the number of hotel bookings in Hong Kong increased by nearly 90% year-on-year, mainly in the Greater Bay Area and the first- and second-tier cities in the mainland.
According to data disclosed by the Macao SAR Government on May 3, the number of visitor arrivals during the first two days of the Labour Day holiday (1-2 May) was 272781, with an average of about 136391 per day, an increase of 38.9% over the 2023 Labour Day. The average hotel occupancy rate for the first two days was over 90%. The data reflects the positive outlook of visitors to Macao.
Source: The Paper