Chinastravelindustryshowssigns

　　ByLIRujia
　　WiththeNewYearsDayholiday，andafterrelaxingepidemiccontrols，Chinastourismmarketseesasmalltravelsurge。
　　AccordingtothedatafromOTAtrip。com，asofDecember22，thetop10mostpopulartouristcitiesinChinawereShanghai，Beijing，Chengdu，Hangzhou，Shenzhen，Guangzhou，Nanjing，Chongqing，XiamenandSanya。
　　AccordingtoQunar，flightbookingsforNewYearsDayhaveseenagradualrisesinceDecember19，withdailyincreasesup30percent。AirandtrainticketbookingsfordeparturesfromBeijingledtheway，withChengdu，GuangzhouandShanghaiseeingfastgrowth。
　　GUOLechun，vicepresidentofQunarsBigDataResearchInstitute，saidthatbookingsinShenzhen，HangzhouandChongqingsawrapidgrowthafterDecember25。
　　China’sthemeparksareregainingtheirpopularity。OnQunar，bookingsforthefirsttwodaysoftheNewYearholidayaredoublecomparedtothefirstweekendinDecember。TicketsforShanghaiDisneylandarethemostpopular。BeijingUniversalStudiosandZhuhai’sChimelongOceanKingdomhavealsodoubledtheirbookings。
　　Theeffectofthemeparksisobvious。Bookingsathotelsaroundtheparkshaveincreasedfromalmostnothingtoalmostfull。Likewise，aroundskiresortsandhotsprings，mostsmallboutiquehotelsarefullybooked，butsomelargehotelsarestillavailable。
　　KeywordsearchesforskiingdoubledandXilingSnowMountainSkiResortquadrupledinthepastweek。TheimageofGuangdongasthefirstprovinceofhotspringsstillstands，withsearchesforGuangzhouhotspringsrising433percent。
　　ThosewhochoosetotravelonNewYear’sDayaremainlymillennialsoryounger。Morethan80percentofNewYearsbookingscamefromthoseunder30yearsold。Intermsofhotelpreference，highstarhotelsarethemostpopularwithmorethan70percentofbookings。
　　Mosttravelersarestillfocusedonlocalattractionswith64percentofbookingsmadewithinthesameprovince。Eightypercentchosetotravelfor3daysorless。Comparedwith2022NewYearsDay，thisyearsholidayissignificantlyshortened。Butthenumberoptingforlongertripsisgrowing。AccordingtoCtrip，crossprovincetravelhassteadilyincreasedsincetheMidAutumnFestival。
　　Outboundtourismalsosawitssignsoflife，withsearchesforinternationalflightssuddenlyup8。5timescomparedwiththepreviousweek，withbookingsdoubled。GoingtoMacauforNewYearsEveisalsoagoodchoice。AccordingtoQunar，thenumberofhotelsearchesinMacaumorethandoubledlastweek。
　　InternationalhotelbookingsaregrowingrapidlywithThailand，Indonesia，Japan，Singapore，SouthKoreaandtheUnitedStatesthemostpopularsearches。