(Beijing Comprehensive News) China ’s“ May Day ”Labor Day has a strong holiday. The demand for travel and tourism is strong. On the first day, the number of sea, land and air passenger traffic surged by 151.8%year -on -year. It is expected that 240 million people will travel during the five -day vacation.
According to China CCTV report, on the first day of the holidays on Saturday (April 29), the travel volume of aviation, highways, water, and railways increased to 56.99 million, an increase of 151.8%over the same period last year.
CCTV predicts that from the May 1st holiday from April 29 to May 3, it is expected to travel 240 million people and return to 104%in 2019.From the perspective of tourism revenue, it is expected to create 120 billion yuan (about S $ 23.183 million) tourism revenue, restored to more than 83%in 2019.
The five -day May Day holiday was the first long vacation after the Spring Festival holiday in 2023.In December 2022, China announced the restrictions on the cancellation of the crown disease.
Tickets for most popular attractions have been reserved.Take Beijing as an example. From April 29th to May 2nd, tickets such as Chairman Mao Memorial Hall, National Museum, Yonghe Palace, and Palace Museum have been booked.The Beijing Police implemented a large passenger flow guidance measures around Tiananmen.
Hong Kong and Macau are also the popular destinations of Chinese people's tourism.According to data from the Hong Kong Entry Department, as of 9 pm on Saturday, 310,000 people entered Hong Kong through various ports.According to the China News Agency, Xu Wang Meilun, chairman of the Hong Kong Tourism Council, estimates that about 600,000 mainland tourists will visit Hong Kong during the May Day holiday.The Overseas Version of the People's Daily reported that many star -rated hotel rooms in Macau had been scheduled to be full two weeks ago, and hotel prices that have not been full have also increased more than usual.
The popularity of outbound travel is also rising.Ctrip ticket data shows that the search volume of "May 1" holiday outbound air tickets increased by more than nine times year -on -year.Data from Qunar.com shows that the number of outbound tickets for outbound travel during May Day has returned to 45%of the same period in 2019.
Liu Lulu, deputy general manager of Beijing Huatu International Travel Agency Co., Ltd., told reporters from China Youth Daily on April 28 that there are more people who choose the islands of the May 1st outbound.There are also some people in the Middle East lines such as Dubai, Egypt, and the visas such as Europe, America, Japan, and South Korea have not been restored by visas.
