The Dragon Boat Festival, known in China as the Feast of Duanwu, is approaching. According to the data of Qunar.com, one of the online travel agencies in China, although there is no shortage of tickets for the Duanwu Holiday holiday like the May 1st Labor Day holiday, train tickets for popular routes are sold out as soon as they go on sale.
At the same time, there was a significant increase in flight ticket bookings for the Duanwu Holiday holiday.
Ticket prices for the Duanwu Holiday holiday are cheaper compared to the prices on the 1 May Labor Day holiday. For example, on June 21, the price of a plane ticket from Shanghai to Fuzhou is 270 yuan, the price of a plane ticket from Shanghai to Shenyang is 592 yuan, on June 22, the price of a plane ticket from Shanghai to Jinan is 380 yuan, and a plane ticket from Shanghai to Guangzhou is 554 yuan. . It seems that bare ticket prices (excluding taxes) are lower than bullet train fares.
Also, Fliggy Buy data shows that so far the average price of airfares paid for the Duanwu Holiday holiday has been about 1 percent lower than for the May 10 holiday, while long-distance travel is more cost-effective during the Duanwu Holiday holiday.
According to Fliggy Buy data, in terms of general reservation of transportation products, the number of train ticket reservations for the first day and the previous day of Duanwu Eid has so far increased more than 30 times compared to last year, while the number of air ticket reservations has exceeded 7 times compared to the same period last year. and the number of car rental reservations has increased by approximately 4 times compared to the same period of the previous year.
According to imprecise statistics, around 100 concerts and music festivals of various sizes will be held across the country during this year's Duanwu Holiday holiday. It should be noted that while it will be difficult for the audience to find concert tickets, it will also be difficult to make reservations for popular hotels around the concert.
On the other hand, the cost-performance ratio of international travel is increasing day by day.
So far, average prices paid for overseas travel products during the Duanwu Holiday holiday have dropped by nearly 1 percent compared to the Labor Day holiday, May 10, according to the Fliggy Buy report. While the list of destination countries preferred by tourists has changed, some countries in Japan, South Korea, Europe and Africa were at the top of the reservations for the Duanwu holiday. While a double-digit increase was achieved on the basis of the May 1 Labor Day holiday, Japan overtook Thailand and became the most preferred tourism destination country.