CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- As the Tomb-Sweeping Day Holiday is getting closer and closer, the domestic spring-outing and flower-appreciation tours have ushered the peak booking period. Recently, Fliggy released 2024 Tomb-Sweeping Day Holiday Travel Trend which shows that up to now, the popularity of the Tomb-Sweeping Day Holiday spring-outing and flower-appreciation tours has increased by more than 7 times compared with that of last year, especially high-speed rail, self-driving and cycling have become popular modes, and the number of their bookings has doubled compared with last year.

Up to now, the travel bookings for Chongqing destinations during this Tomb-Sweeping Day Holiday have increased by 129% on a year-on-year basis, with hotel bookings growth rate of 176% on a year-on-year basis. Sichuan, Hubei, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and other cities are popular sources of travel to Chongqing. Chongqing’s outbound travel bookings during the Tomb-Sweeping Day Holiday has increased more than 2 times compared with last year on a year-on-year basis.

In addition to flowers appreciation, it’s time to pick tea now. “It is said that West Lake Longjing Tea before the Tomb-Sweeping Day is fresh and rich, so I am curious if there is a great difference.” Mr. Qian, from Shanghai, likes to taste tea after work, so he booked a travel ticket to experience the culture of West Lake Longjing Tea in the early time. During his two-day travel, he will go to Longjing Village to experience tea picking and frying, and go to China National Tea Museum to experience tea research and learning.

The minor vacation has spawned more diverse and interesting ways to play. According to Fliggy statistics, the high-speed rail tour, self-driving tour, cycling tour, etc. are the most popular ways. Especially, the bookings of high-speed rail tour has increased by nearly 6 times compared with last year, the bookings of self-driving tour with car rental has increased by about 2 times compared with last year on a year-on-year basis, and the bookings of cycling tour, hiking tour, and other commodities have doubled compared with last year on a year-on-year basis.

The statistics also showed that Hangzhou, Shanghai, Nanjing, Beijing, Wuhan, Guangzhou, Xi’an, Chongqing, Suzhou, Chengdu and others are the popular destinations for this Tomb-Sweeping Day Holiday; Tianshui, Weifang, Datong, Zibo, Xuzhou, Jingdezhen, Yueyang, Tai’an, Kaifeng, Zhangzhou and others are the unexpected destinations for this Tomb-Sweeping Day Holiday; and the growth rate of bookings is more than 10 times compared with last year on a year-on-year basis. (Translated by Liu Hongyan, Fathom Language Limited)