Air ticket prices in many places in China are on the rise, with an average price of 802 yuan, an increase of 40% over the same period in 2021.
This article is transferred from: Hangzhou Net.
In 2022, Spring Festival travel rush has officially kicked off. The reporter searched for air tickets on multiple platforms and found that in 2022, the price of round-trip air tickets in Spring Festival travel rush showed an upward trend.
Miss Wang’s hometown is in Zhangye, Gansu. "Working in Hangzhou for a year always wants to go back to my hometown in the New Year. The ticket from Hangzhou to Zhangye has been bought, and the journey cost 2,100 yuan. The return trip is currently 2,700 yuan, almost full price. " In previous years, the fare for flights in similar time periods was around 1,700 yuan.
According to the data provided by Ctrip, an online booking platform, the search volume of Spring Festival air tickets increased by 30% year-on-year one month before the start of Spring Festival travel rush. The proportion of orders staying in hotels one day before New Year’s Eve increased by 241% year-on-year.
This data also reflects from the side that people’s awareness of self-protection has improved significantly during the prevention and control stage of epidemic normalization.
One year ago, the search volume of Spring Festival air tickets increased by 30% year-on-year
The press conference of the State Council Joint Defense and Control Mechanism held on January 15th revealed that in 2022, Spring Festival travel rush will send 1.18 billion passengers nationwide. In order to make the journey safer, many passengers choose to travel at the wrong peak and set foot on the journey home in advance.
Ctrip data shows that as early as one month before the start of Spring Festival travel rush, many users searched for Spring Festival tickets through Ctrip. From December 17th to January 16th, the search volume of Spring Festival air tickets increased by 30% year-on-year.
During the period of Spring Festival travel rush, the price of return air tickets from many places in China showed an upward trend. The average ticket price is about 802 yuan, an increase of over 40% compared with 2021. Among them, the growth rate of Guangzhou-Chengdu and Shenzhen-Shanghai increased by about 30% year-on-year. In terms of order volume, the number of air tickets booked in Spring Festival travel rush in 2022 from January 10th to January 16th increased by over 70% from the previous month.
Ctrip data shows that Sanya-Shanghai, Shanghai-Chengdu, Beijing-Haikou, Shanghai-Chongqing, Guangzhou-Shanghai, Shanghai-Guangzhou, Sanya-Chengdu and Shanghai-Changchun are the popular routes in Spring Festival travel rush. From the starting point, Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Sanya, Chengdu, Shenzhen, Haikou, Chongqing, Hangzhou and Nanjing are the popular starting cities in Spring Festival travel rush.
Judging from the destination cities of air tickets in Spring Festival travel rush, besides Shanghai, Beijing, Sanya, Chengdu, Chongqing and other cities, Changchun, Harbin, Shenyang and other cities with obvious ice and snow properties are also popular choices for travel.
Users choose to stay in the hotel 1-3 days in advance.
In the prevention and control stage of epidemic normalization, "safety" has become a key word for travel. In this context, this year’s Spring Festival holiday trend of local and surrounding hotels is obvious. According to Ctrip data, as of 12 noon on January 17th, more than half of the passengers who booked hotels during the Spring Festival in 2022 came from this province. In order not to gather, not to get together, and to make travel safer and more secure, many users choose to stay in the hotel 1-3 days in advance. The data shows that the proportion of orders staying in hotels one day before New Year’s Eve increased by 241% year-on-year.
In the hotel orders during the Spring Festival, parent-child hotels, hot springs, urban resorts and other types of hotels are still the first choice for users. E-sports rooms and various special room types have also greatly enriched the stay experience. Among them, the order volume of e-sports rooms has increased by 32% compared with the same period of last year.
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