With the New Year's Day, Spring Festival holiday and winter vacation approaching.
Many members of the public are planning to travel far away.
The reporter is on the official websites of major airlines.
and tourism OTA platforms noted.
Currently during the Spring Festival in 2024.
Hangzhou, Quzhou, Shanghai.
Departure tickets from other surrounding areas** have become high.
Airline bookings have started to climb.
Some of the most popular domestic destinations.
Economy class tickets are sold out!
Well, citizens who have travel plans during the holidays.
Can I get my ticket now?
What should I pay attention to when buying tickets?
Some popular routes before the Spring Festival.
Economy class tickets are sold out!
The 2024 Spring Festival will run from January 26 to March 5, a total of 40 days.
Starting from mid to late January, as the Spring Festival is approaching, air tickets departing from Hangzhou, Quzhou and Shanghai will be gradually**. In the early stage, it is mainly to return to the hometown and tropical cold destinations, and near the Spring Festival holiday, it is mainly to ski and travel popular destinations in winter. Some popular routes have even sold out of economy class tickets.
The ** situation queried on December 10 (screenshot of a certain trip client).
On February 7th and 8th, the number of economy class tickets from Hangzhou to Haikou at night was not much. For example: Hangzhou Feihaikou, there are still 470 yuan of ** tickets in December, ** gradually increased from January, and the ticket price will exceed 1,000 yuan by the end of January.
The ** situation queried on December 10 (screenshot of a certain trip client).
By February 7th and 8th, that is, the twentieth day of the lunar month.
8. Twenty-nine, due to the approaching Spring Festival holiday, the economy class ticket price of Hangzhou, Quzhou and Shanghai to Haikou routes is generally close to 2,000 yuan, or even higher.
During the Spring Festival, some international air tickets skyrocketed.
In addition, the number of international flights** has also increased to varying degrees.
According to the travel client, the lowest ticket price from Hangzhou to Osaka, Japan in January was 524 yuan, and on February 10, the day of the Spring Festival, the ticket price of the flight rose to 2,800 yuan.
The ** situation queried on December 10 (screenshot of a certain trip client).
For flights from Hangzhou to Tokyo Narita Airport, the lowest ticket price in January is 904 yuan, and the most expensive is the Spring Festival, with a ticket price of more than 3,100 yuan.
The ** situation queried on December 10 (screenshot of a certain trip client).
How to buy a ticket for the Spring Festival.
Is it the right time to start?
So, if there are citizens who have travel plans for the Spring Festival holiday, is it appropriate to buy air tickets now?
Industry insiders said that this also depends on the specific situation. If it is a popular tourist destination city, and there are not many flights per day, such as flying to Sanya before the holiday, this direct flight is not every day, and it is currently displayed that the full price of economy class is 1900 yuan before the holiday. Since full-fare tickets can be rescheduled free of charge and the refund fee is low, even if there is a more affordable option or a change in the mode of travel, the loss of the refund will not be too large, on the contrary, if the ticket is booked, it will be more troublesome, so it is recommended to consider starting in advance.
If there are more flights per day, such as flying to Beijing and Guangzhou, you can observe for a period of time, because the ticket is not cheaper the sooner you buy.
In addition, if you want to find cost-effective tickets for long holidays, you can pay attention to the middle and late part of the long holiday, that is, the air tickets after the third and fourth days of the first month, there is a relatively high probability that you can "pick up the leak".
Take the equally popular Hangzhou to Xi'an air ticket as an example, February 8, that is, the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, the cheapest ticket from Hangzhou is 1150 yuan, but on February 13, that is, the fourth day of the first lunar month, the cheapest Hangzhou to Xi'an air ticket is only 510 yuan, nearly half cheaper, and even if it departs on the same day, there are still 5 days of vacation.
Bookings for travel during the New Year's Day and Spring Festival holidays have risen sharply.
Some of the tour products have been sold out.
Although there is still some time before the 2024 New Year's Day and Spring Festival, the attention to holiday travel and related bookings have begun to quietly heat up.
The reporter learned from the ** travel booking platform that the overall travel bookings for the New Year's Day holiday increased by 4 times year-on-year, of which air ticket orders increased by 4 times year-on-year, and hotel bookings increased by 5 times year-on-year.
According to the data of the ** tourism platform, as of now, the tourism popularity of the New Year's Day holiday has increased by 181% year-on-year. Since December, the number of bookings for travel products during the New Year's Day holiday has increased by 57% month-on-month, and playing in the snow and avoiding the cold have become the two major themes of holiday travel.
Liu Yue, director of the public affairs department of a ** tourism platform: At present, the search popularity of keywords "hot spring" and "skiing" has increased significantly, and southern cities with suitable temperatures such as Sanya and Beihai have also begun to welcome tourists to escape the cold.
This winter is a good opportunity to observe the aurora in the northern hemisphere, and the aurora theme tourist route is becoming more popular**, and the number of inquiries is nearly 200% compared with the same period in 2019**. The domestic Harbin-Mohe tourist route and the Northern Europe, Finland and other countries are the most popular among tourists. Some of the popular Aurora-themed products for New Year's Day travel have been sold out.
Encryption continues to be added to international routes.
Helping outbound travel resume.
With the recovery of outbound demand, international flights continue to be encrypted. The newly restored capacity has also contributed to the recovery of outbound travel.
With the New Year's Day and Spring Festival holidays approaching, passengers' willingness to travel internationally has increased significantly, and international flights have continued to be "new" recently. China Southern Airlines plans to resume a number of new international routes from December to January.
Yu Haiyan, Deputy Manager of the Revenue Management Office of the Sales Department of China Southern Airlines: At present, China Southern Airlines operates 107 international and regional routes in 38 countries and regions, and carries out 600 round-trip flights per week. China Southern Airlines plans to resume direct flights between Zhengzhou and London from December 12From December 21, the Guangzhou-Zhengzhou-Luxembourg route will be newly opened.
From December to January next year, China Eastern Airlines plans to resume direct flights from Shanghai to Cairo, Fukuoka, Dubai, Brisbane and other routes, and international and regional routes are expected to reach 80% of 2019 levels by the end of the year.
Tang Yu, Senior Route Revenue Management Specialist, Revenue Management Department of China Eastern Airlines Commission of Commerce: The number of passengers flying to the southern hemisphere and the load factor of flights remain high. By the beginning of 2024, China Eastern Airlines is expected to operate 146 international and regional routes, with an average of 1,120 international and regional flights per week, and its own route network will reach destinations in 33 countries and regions.
Qi Qi, an expert from the China Civil Aviation High-quality Development Research Center: With the increase in capacity, it will cause a general downward trend in direct air tickets, which will stimulate consumers to leave the country to a certain extent, a positive cycle.
Driven by the visa-free policy.
Demand for entry and exit has further recovered.
Since December 1, China has implemented a unilateral visa-free entry policy for six countries, including France and Germany, and before that, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and other countries have also announced visa-free facilitation measures for Chinese tourists. A number of policy measures have led to a further recovery in the demand for entry and exit.
According to the data of a number of domestic ** travel booking platforms, with the announcement of visa-free travel to China in Malaysia and Sri Lanka, the tourism popularity and air ticket search popularity of these two countries have appeared significantly this week**. The increase in demand will also speed up the recovery of flights. At present, many cities in China have opened direct flights to Malaysia and other places. In response to the increase in travel demand, airlines have also begun to make capacity adjustments.
Yu Haiyan, Deputy Manager of the Revenue Management Office of the Sales Department of China Southern Airlines: At present, China Southern Airlines operates a total of 4 Malaysian routes, with a total of 38 flights per week. Combined with the visa-free policy and the demand for Spring Festival travel, during the Spring Festival, China Southern Airlines' Guangzhou-Sabah route will be encrypted to one flight per day.
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