＂Small Place＂ Detonates ＂Large Flow＂ Third-and fourth-tier cities become popular holiday destinations.

CCTV News:The "May Day" holiday is approaching, and many travel platforms have entered the peak booking period. The data shows that domestic long-distance travel orders account for more than half, and the tourism market in third-and fourth-tier cities is outstanding. From the overall booking situation, Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Hangzhou, Chengdu, Nanjing, Xi ‘an, Wuhan, Guangzhou and Changsha are popular tourist destinations for the May 1 holiday.

It is estimated that the number of holiday travelers and per capita consumption will be higher than that in 2019.

According to the news from china tourism academy, many locations for concerts, music festivals and film and television dramas will become the "wind vane" of May Day tourism consumption and "potential stocks" of many destinations. At the same time, major museums and theme parks in China will usher in the peak of passenger flow, and in-depth experience games such as parent-child tour, cultural tour and food tour are new ways for tourists to start holiday travel.

The inbound and outbound tourism market is booming.

Inbound and outbound tourism shows great vitality. China tourism academy predicts that the number of outbound tourists will reach 130 million in 2024, and this year’s "May Day" will usher in an outbound craze, and visa-free destinations that can "just leave" will become the first choice for many tourists. Judging from the visa data, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Vietnam, Canada, New Zealand and other popular countries for outbound travel on May 1 ST, and Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Hangzhou and other cities are the tourist destinations with a large number of visas.

The inbound tourism market is also heating up. The data shows that the booking orders for inbound tourism during the May 1 holiday increased by 130% year-on-year, and the inbound tourists mainly came from Malaysia, Thailand, Britain, Russia, France and other countries.

County tourist destinations have become hot spots for booking.

This year’s "May Day" holiday, data show that "micro-vacation" and "micro-travel" are on the rise, and more tourists are willing to travel to small cities.

According to online travel platform data, during the May Day holiday this year, hotel booking orders in county markets increased by 68% year-on-year, and ticket orders in scenic spots increased by 151% year-on-year. In Baoshan, Huaihua, Chifeng, Hotan, Heze and other cities with regional airports, the number of air ticket bookings increased significantly year-on-year, mostly exceeding 50%. Pingtan in Fujian, Yangshuo in Guangxi, Anji in Zhejiang, Wuyuan in Jiangxi, Zhengding in Hebei, Shangri-La in Yunnan and Dunhuang in Gansu are popular county tourist destinations.

Ms. Wang from Jiangxi started planning the May Day holiday in early April. After many comparisons, she still chose to go to the nearby Jingdezhen for a "ceramics" trip. She believes that compared with popular tourist cities, small cities now have different holiday experiences from food to culture, from natural landscape to humanistic customs.

In Zunyi, Guizhou, the tea-picking tour with the integration of agriculture and tourism will become a new bright spot. A series of local activities, such as tea performance, tea picking competition and tea culture collection, are splendid, attracting many tea lovers to become tourists, tasting tea rhyme, enjoying tea, discussing tea ceremony and playing tea tours.

Car rental and self-driving families accounted for a large increase in RV bookings.

According to the comprehensive data of various car rental platforms, in the upcoming May 1 holiday, family travel accounts for 45%, and SUV and commercial vehicles are the main reserved models, and the number of RV bookings has increased by nearly 7 times year-on-year.

During the "May 1" period, domestic car rental orders increased by 40% year-on-year, and car rental orders in Hangzhou, Qingdao, Nanjing, Shanghai and other cities increased rapidly. It is expected that the occupancy rate will reach over 90% during the "May 1" holiday this year.

The northwest and southwest routes are booked hot, such as Xining and Urumqi, Yinchuan, Lanzhou and Lhasa, and the seaside with comfortable climate and southern cities with convenient transportation resources, such as Qingdao, Weihai, Yichang, Huangshan, Hangzhou and Nanjing, are deeply loved by tourists. At present, economical cars with high cost performance, spacious SUV models, and 7-seat models suitable for families or traveling with a large number of people have high bookings.