Chongqing officially announced the "May Day" consumption data recently, showing that the retail sales of the eight major business districts of the main city increased by 4.4 % year -on -year, and it has returned to the level before the 2019 crown disease epidemic.Chongqing's catering industry is also described as the first "blowout period" this year. The sales of key retail and catering companies increased by 20.1 % year -on -year, an increase of 9.4 % over the same period in 2019.

But according to some of the Chongqing Scenic Area Homestay merchants reported to the United Zaobao reporter that during the May Day period, there were actually more people but had less consumption, and at least 30 % of the turnover than before the epidemic, and the per capita consumption continued to decline.There is a significant gap in official data.

The Chongqing Municipal Commercial Committee released consumer data after the May Day holiday, referring to the retail sales of the eight major business districts of the main city to the level of 2019. The average daily traffic of the liberated stele business district was more than 720,000, a year -on -year increase of 19 %.The Chongqing Commerce Commission also introduced that during the "May 1st" period, the number of reservations on the Chongqing Tang Food Line increased more than twice compared with the same period last year. The catering income of key catering companies in the city basically returned to the same period in 2019.

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However, the interviewed by the interviewed by Chongqing said that it did not feel that consumption was significantly recovered.

Zhang Yao, a merchant who has sold hot pot bottoms such as Hongya Cave in Hongya Cave in Chongqing.com, revealed that the performance was unsatisfactory during the May Day, and only returned to half of the same period before the epidemic.

She said that many vendors in Hongya Cave vomit bitter water, referring to the spending power of the tourists during May Day.

Zhang Yao repeatedly said: "Many people, but the consumption power is very poor." It also refers to the young people in the scenic area that are just to check in and watch the night view.

Cheng An, who served as an executive in a mall of Jiefangbei, also observed the changes in the structure of the tourism crowd during May 1st this year.In an interview, she said that many young people came to Shancheng this year to check in, and soon rushed to the next stop.

Zhou Yixin, an entrepreneur who runs popular tourist attractions in Chongqing, also said that the momentum of consumption recovery this year is more based on the "retaliated consumption" after the epidemic is completely liberalized,The travel population is mostly young.

Zhou Yixin pointed out that due to the fashion and youthful route, the Five Plant has reached a record high this year.It's down ... consumption has not been raised. "

Another person in Chongqing's tourism industry revealed that due to the low proportion of middle -aged and elderly tourists with stronger spending power during May Day, traditional scenic spots, especially the traffic and turnover of ticket scenic spots, are "declined."

Cheng An evaluated that this year's May 1st Mountain Sea is definitely a good thing to promote consumption, but Chongqing continues to be unable to get rid of the problem of low per capita consumption of tourists.She also pointed out that compared with the epidemic, the current attractions around the Jiefangbei are more concentrated and more concentrated, and then exacerbate the competition between merchants.

The data of the Chongqing Municipal Commerce Commission shows that the turnover of farmhouses in multiple districts and counties increased by more than 20 % year -on -year.

Chongqing B & B operator Sun Dehong revealed in the interview that Chongqing seems to be many people in May 1st this year, and it is full of homestays during his own business, but "the turnover is not as much as before (2019), and the per capita consumption has been reduced." SheIt is revealed that the profit during the May Day period was one -third lower than the same period in 2019.

For market prospects, Sun Dehong said that he has accepted the reality: "Now it may be as good as before ... The expectations of the business should not be so high, the higher the expectations, the greater the disappointment, and the life."

Chongqing economist Wu Yan evaluated in an interview that "(May 1st) people's mountains do not represent the economic recovery", but it may represent changes in the consumption structure. Therefore, there is a phenomenon of people who are crowded but the merchants are not sensible.

For the official consumption data of the official currently announced, Wu Yan expects that "this data will not be too optimistic."He studied and judged that the pace of the recovery of the agricultural and manufacturing industry in Chongqing has not yet stabilized, and the income of the public has not yet fully stabilized, and it has affected consumption efforts.