Current location:International Intervals news portal > travel
National Day holiday boom drives up ticket, hotel bookings across country
International Intervals news portal2024-04-30 14:01:31【travel】9People have gathered around
IntroductionWang Lu holds her breath as the clock shows 12:29 pm. A minute later she frantically jabs her phone
Wang Lu holds her breath as the clock shows 12:29 pm. A minute later she frantically jabs her phone screen to grab two train tickets from Beijing to Huangshan for the National Day holiday. Within minutes of bookings opening, tickets are sold out. But Wang manages to buy two tickets for herself and her husband, and they are set to travel to Anhui province on Friday.
The holiday bonanza begins with Mid-Autumn Festival on Friday and runs through Oct 6. According to industry insiders and travel agencies, the eight days will see a travel boom, with millions of people moving between destinations around the country to make the most of the Golden Week.
"I am not exaggerating when I say the tickets were snapped up in seconds. I knew it would be tough to get tickets, but the sheer rush still astonished me," said Wang, 28, who is embarking on a four-day-and-three-night trip to Huangshan to experience the mountain views and explore the ancient villages.
Latest figures from China Railway Group showed that around 217 million train tickets were sold between Sept 13 and Saturday. Tickets are available for booking 15 days before the date of departure. The group said that train ticket bookings touched a record daily high of around 26.95 million on Friday.
The growing appetite for travel among people is also driving up bookings on online travel platforms. According to Trip.com Group, as of Sept 6, bookings for domestic trips had registered a fivefold increase year-on-year on the platform.
Travel portal LY.com said that long-distance tours are particularly popular among its customers at this time. Given the long break, bookings for far-flung domestic destinations such as the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region and the Tibet autonomous region have so far increased by over 300 percent year-on-year on its platform.
The ongoing 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, has proved to be the icing on the cake for the already sizzling tourism market over the National Day holiday.
Online travel services provider Qunar said that as of Sept 18, flight ticket bookings to Hangzhou for the duration of the sports gala, which ends on Oct 8, was 20 percent more than the figures for the same period in 2019. Hotel bookings surged 4.4 times.
However, the travel surge has pushed up hotel room prices and instances of ticket scalping.
A woman, surnamed Jin, who runs a homestay in Zhejiang, posted a video on Tuesday saying that the nightly rate for her rooms on a homestay platform had been raised without her consent, from 680 yuan ($93) to 2,780 yuan.
According to a report by Jie-mian, a news outlet in Shanghai, the platform said that the price adjustment was an operation error rather than an intentional move. Jin, however, removed her listing from the platform and made the rooms available for booking through other channels.
Meanwhile, to better regulate the tourism market during the holidays and ensure people have a good experience, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism has asked local authorities to tighten supervision to check improper or illegal operations by tourism companies. The ministry has also asked culture and tourism departments at all levels to optimize reservation systems or lengthen operating hours, where possible, to allow people to visit attractions.
Li Jianwei, an official at the ministry's market management department, said at a recent news conference that the desire among people to travel during the holiday period was strong, providing the culture and tourism market a strong recovery momentum.
"Efforts will be made to strengthen law enforcement inspections against illegal and irregular business operations to ensure the safety, stability and orderly conduct of the holiday tourism market," he said.
He added that he hoped travelers would respect the destination's culture, religion and customs while taking good care of themselves by following good hygiene.
Address of this article:http://yemen.liveandunplugged.org/news-50e199884.html
Very good!(1399)
Related articles
- Trial starts in conspiracy
- World Volkswagen Day celebration held in Colombo
- Theatrical play in Athens unveils life after cancer
- China's securities regulator tightens delisting regulation
- Bucks and 76ers, who had high expectations this season, face early elimination Tuesday in Game 5s
- Appliance upgrades to provide big stimulus
- Sales growth forecast despite dip in February
- Xi Meets Sri Lankan President
- Nicaragua severs diplomatic relations with Ecuador after assault on Mexican embassy
- Tech company finds profit in coal waste
Popular articles
Recommended
United Methodists prepare for votes on lifting LGBTQ bans and other issues at General Conference
Scenery of Band
Cruise ship industry poised for new golden era
Book of Xi's Discourses on Community
Shocking moment drink
How China's new energy competitiveness becomes its new sin
Multilingual Alipay to enhance foreigners' e
Spring flower season boosts tourism industry in Hanzhong, NW China
Links
- Relaunch of controversial program may send 'shock waves of fear' in U.S.
- Xi stresses development of new productive forces, high
- Xi affirms nation's commitment to future of humanity
- China Focus: CPC Theoretical Study Motivates Party Members to Be Better Doers
- Xi chairs CPC leadership meeting to review reports, guideline and regulations
- China has favorable conditions for overall price stability
- World Robot Conference 2022 held in Beijing
- Rwandans honor fallen politicians as genocide commemoration week ends
- South Africa sees over 1 mln travelers during Easter holiday
- Israel lifts all precautionary restrictions after Iranian attack: army