Xinhua News Agency, Shanghai, January 1 (Reporter Chen Aiping) On the first day of 2024, running enthusiast "Uncle Wangxiang" and friends passed along Huangpi South Road, Madang Road, ** South Road, Fuxing East Road and other sections in the central city of ShanghaiA five-hour, 18-kilometre jog greets the New Year, with a running course that forms the character "dragon" ("dragon"). Although the "tiger" and "rabbit" road running routes he designed before coincided with some sections of the "dragon" route, the constantly renovated old towns, small and beautiful shops along the street and cultural and museum venues still made everyone very interested.
On December 30, 2023, people take photos at the lanterns in Yu Garden** in Shanghai. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Ying.
During the New Year's Day holiday, more than 100 young people from Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui took the Shanghai holiday train "Happy Tour Yangtze River Delta" high-speed rail tourist train to Shanghai, they strolled Wukang Road, walked into Xujiahui Academy and Shanghai Meteorological Museum, took a cruise ship on the Huangpu River at night, and participated in the New Year's Eve activities in Shanghai. Pan Yangshu, a tourist from Jiangsu, believes that the strong New Year's Eve atmosphere and the leisurely City Walk are intertwined, allowing people to have a deeper understanding of Shanghai's urban context and making the New Year quite innovative.
During the three-day holiday, the number of domestic travel orders on Ctrip's platform increased by 168% year-on-year. On the Tongcheng Travel platform, the number of bookings for hotels, air tickets, train tickets, scenic spot tickets, car use and other businesses all hit a record high in the same period in history, and the number of scenic spot ticket bookings increased by 302% year-on-year.
On the Mafengwo platform, the popularity of "New Year's Eve fireworks" and "New Year's Eve concert" increased by **187% and 249% year-on-year. According to the Fliggy platform, the number of ice and snow tourism bookings for the 2024 New Year's Day holiday increased by 126% compared with the previous New Year's Day holiday, with Harbin, Changchun, Urumqi, Zhangjiakou and other cities becoming popular destinations for ice and snow tourismGuangdong, Zhejiang, and Shanghai contribute about 30% of the country's ice and snow tourism bookings.
Singaporean tourists pose for a photo at Longhua Square in Shanghai on December 31, 2023. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Aiping.
As China continues to promote the recovery of the inbound and outbound tourism market, people from all over the world have become more frequent in cultural tourism and learning exchanges.
Singaporean tourist Chua Jen-ho, who is in his eighties, and his wife came to China to participate in the 2024 "Shanghai New Year First Tour" event. On the evening of December 31, 2023, they experienced intangible cultural heritage skills such as Shanghai-style New Year paintings and egg carvings in Xuhui District, Shanghai, tasted "New Year's noodles", and welcomed the arrival of 2024 with their group members. The next day, we departed from Shanghai to start the "Aida Modu" cruise. "'Aida Modu' is China's first large-scale cruise ship, and the first commercial voyage cannot be missed!Cai Renhe said.
Li Liangyi, chairman of Singapore Aerochine Tourism, said that foreign tourists are very interested in the excellent traditional Chinese culture and the rapid development of Chinese cities. As one of the most convenient international port cities, Shanghai is also convenient for international tourists to travel to other cities in China.
According to Dai Bin, President of the China Tourism Academy, tourism has become an important demand for a better life for urban and rural residents from the perspective of the annual tourism economic operation in 2023 and the performance of the tourism market during the New Year's Day holiday in 2024. Life is fast-paced, everyone is busy, and tourism helps to relax everyone, which is an important driving force for the development of tourism.