Driving to Hainan, I encountered a "big traffic jam". Someone only moved 300 meters in 3 hours! Sanya seafood is priced at several hundred yuan per catty? Netizen: Ridiculously high

This winter, Hainan’s tourism industry has returned to a lively scene, but many netizens have reported that self-driving tours in Hainan are blocked by traffic jams, and the prices of seafood and hotels are also rising.

A netizen in Sanya, Hainan posted that in a seafood supermarket in Sanya, flower lobsters are priced at 588 yuan per catty and king crabs at 988 yuan per catty.

This may be related to the influx of tourists into Sanya. According to local media reports, during this year’s Spring Festival, Sanya Phoenix Airport is expected to carry 16,000 flights and 2.738 million passengers. In this regard, a staff member of the Sanya Market Supervision and Administration Bureau told a Red Star News reporter that they have paid attention to the relevant situation and are handling it. At present, they have increased supervision of the seafood market and other tourist markets. “We must create a better environment for tourists and local citizens during the Chinese New Year.” A good atmosphere, so we will strengthen supervision in this area, which is necessary.”

Moved 300 meters in 3 hours!

Driving to Hainan to celebrate the New Year, there was a big traffic jam before landing on the island

Going to Hainan to celebrate the Spring Festival, self-driving travel is the first choice of many families. Mr. Chen is a member of this self-driving tour of Hainan. Today is the fourth day of his trip. Unexpectedly, he encountered the "big traffic jam of the century" before he arrived in Hainan.

According to a report by City Express·Chengshi Interactive on January 17, the reporter contacted Mr. Chen from Yiwu, Zhejiang. On January 14, Mr. Chen posted that a family of four set out from Yiwu to Hainan to celebrate the New Year. On the first day, they drove 560 kilometers to Fuzhou; on the second day, they traveled 490 kilometers from Fuzhou, Fujian to Shantou, Guangdong; on the third day, The journey from Shantou to Zhanjiang is 850 kilometers and takes 10 hours.

On the fourth day of the trip, we could have arrived in Hainan today. On the afternoon of the 17th, Mr. Chen called out in his circle of friends: The biggest traffic jam of the century!

Mr. Chen told reporters that he set off from Zhanjiang at 9:30 this morning and was going to Xuwen to take a boat to the island. Due to the traffic restrictions on the expressway, he chose to take the provincial highway. The drive originally took one and a half hours. More than 3 hours.

Xuwen now has two ports, one is Xuwen Port and the other is Hai'an New Port. Mr. Chen read the news and learned that there is a traffic jam of seven or eight kilometers in Xuwen Port, so he chose to go to Hai'an New Port. Unexpectedly , the traffic jam at the scene made him dumbfounded.

"I queued in at around 2 pm, and now it is 5 pm. In 3 hours, I have only moved forward 300 meters. I am still 3.2 kilometers away from the port. According to this Due to the speed, you can’t board the ship until after 10 pm at the earliest. The master in front of me came from Guangzhou. He arrived at the Haian New Port at 3 pm yesterday and had to wait in line for about 22 hours today. We only walked 2 kilometers forward.”

There were garbage on both sides of the road, and many large trucks had been waiting for two or three days. Photo source: Chengshi Interactive

According to Mr. Chen’s understanding. , Xuwen Port Terminal is still normal, and the entry and exit of ships are not affected. However, due to early weather conditions, there were many stranded passengers. Judging from the current situation, the traffic at the port will probably be relieved after the 21st. Mr. Chen suggested that tourists can use Xuwen Port and Beigang after arriving in Xuwen. The traffic speed of these two ports is faster. At present, the traffic speed of Hai'an New Port is still relatively slow, but it is also in the process of gradual recovery.

On social platforms, many people, like Mr. Chen, were stuck on the way to Xuwen Port.

Screenshots from social media

According to a reporter from City Express·Chengshi Interactive, the traffic jam actually started on the 13th.

On January 13, the Haikou Municipal Transportation and Ports and Navigation Administration issued a reminder: Affected by heavy fog, Xinhai Port, Railway South Port, and Xiuying Port have stopped operations. Cross-sea vehicles are asked not to go to the port. At that time, there were about 900 vehicles waiting for ferrying at the three ports in Haikou. It is expected that the transportation will take 6 hours after sailing resumes. In the next two days, the local thick fog continued, causing the Qiongzhou Strait ro-ro passenger ships to be intermittently suspended for about 22 hours, and a large number of passengers waiting to cross the sea were stranded in Xuwen Port. It was not until January 16 that the vehicles stranded on the north shore of the Qiongzhou Strait were transported in an orderly manner and boarded ships to cross the sea one after another.

However, due to too many vehicles in the early congestion, the relevant road sections were congested.

Some netizens issued a warm reminder: You can take the train, but don’t drive to Hainan!

Social media screenshots

It is worth mentioning that at 23:59 on January 6, Hainan released the latest news: From now until February 15, Haikou’s “Three Ports” Temporary traffic control is implemented on surrounding roads. During the Spring Festival travel period, please go to the designated waiting area 3 hours in advance according to the boat schedule for which you have purchased tickets. Vehicles without tickets cannot enter the waiting area.

Sanya king crab is 988 yuan per catty and lobster is 588 yuan?

According to local media reports, during the Spring Festival this year, Sanya Phoenix Airport is expected to handle 16,000 flights and 2.738 million passengers. The surge in tourists has boosted the local tourism industry, and some netizens reported that seafood prices have also increased.

According to a Red Star News report on January 18, a netizen living in Sanya posted that on January 14, she discovered in a seafood supermarket in Sanya that the safflower crabs here cost 428 yuan per pound. The price of flower lobster is 588 yuan per catty and king crab is 988 yuan per catty. She was "shocked" by these prices.

On January 14, seafood prices in a seafood supermarket in Sanya. The picture is based on a post by a netizen

It is understood that the seafood supermarket is located near Haitang 68 Global Food Street. This netizen told reporters that this is a regular seafood supermarket. Many tourists in the Haitang Bay hotel area will spend money there. After buying the ingredients, they go to the restaurant next to them for processing.

On January 14, the price of safflower crabs in a seafood supermarket in Sanya. The picture is based on a post by a netizen.

The netizen also said that two days later, she found a seafood market near her home that sold safflower crabs for 148 yuan per catty and new prawns for 188 yuan per catty. Compared with the above-mentioned seafood supermarket, the price of safflower crab is 280 yuan cheaper.

“The prices in the local market are quite affordable, but there are also price increases.” This netizen said that the price increase is related to the approaching Chinese New Year. Some Sanya residents also said that the price increase in the seafood market near their home was not very large.

Not only local residents, but also tourists have reported rising seafood prices. Xiao Li, a tourist from Sanya, posted on social media that the price of all seafood in Sanya has increased by 15 to 20 yuan. Xiao Li told reporters that she went to eat at a seafood food stall on January 3 and again on January 7. Both times, the "prices were OK." Seven days later, when she went to the store again, she found that monodon shrimps had increased from 55 yuan to 70 yuan per catty, and three-point crabs had increased from 40 yuan to 60 yuan. “The price increase of lobster is the most outrageous, from 240 yuan to 240 yuan,” she said. Yuan rose to 320 yuan."

They were a group of 5 adults and 3 children, and the total cost was 3,000 yuan. “Normally, it would cost less than 2,000 yuan.” Xiao Li also said, "Around January 10, my wife went to eat once and the price also increased, but it was not that outrageous. The price may have increased by 5 to 10 yuan per pound."

Xiao Li said , she remembers the price so clearly because she is afraid of being ripped off, so she marks it after every time she asks about the price, thinking to compare the price the next time she goes to eat. Xiao Li also asked the merchant why the price increased, and the merchant said it was because "the purchase price is too expensive."

In this regard, a staff member of a seafood store that mainly imports seafood told reporters that on January 17, the wholesale price of Thai rich shrimp was 420 yuan per catty, and the wholesale price of flower lobster was 320 yuan per catty. The wholesale and Individual customers are sold at this price.

“Thailand’s rich shrimps sell for more than 200 yuan in the off-season. During the Chinese New Year, they basically increase every day. It will be more expensive to buy them tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.” He said that the increase in seafood prices is due to high import prices. “Incoming goods If it’s expensive, I’ll sell it expensive; if it’s cheap, I’ll sell it cheap.” A staff member of this seafood store said that the latest import price of Thai rich shrimp is 390 yuan per catty, and the profit of lobster is only 10 to 15 yuan. He said that during the Spring Festival, the sales volume was much higher, mainly through wholesale sales to restaurants. "We can sell thousands of catties during the New Year, but only a few hundred catties at ordinary times."

On January 16, the person who posted this The price of safflower crabs at the seafood market near a netizen’s home in Sanya.

According to the picture posted by a netizen on Red Star News

Sanya has issued an initiative on seafood catering

According to Nanhai.com, on January 11, the Sanya Seafood Catering Association issued the "2023 Seafood Catering Association" to the city's catering enterprises. The "New Year's Day "Civilized Dining and Integrity Management" Initiative" advocates that the catering industry can continue to maintain a good business and consumption environment during the 2023 Spring Festival and provide quality services to tourists.

It advocates honest management and conscious consumption. All catering companies in the city should standardize the names of store signs and hang business licenses and other certificates in prominent places in the store to ensure that consumers understand their purchases. Use a hollow white integrity basket to weigh seafood; when using plastic bags to weigh, take the initiative to open holes to drain water before weighing; loosen and weigh crabs naked. We must inform consumers before placing orders for seafood products. We must proactively inform consumers of the water and sand content of duck clams, sandworms, sea urchins and other seafood, and remind consumers to make reasonable choices.

It is also recommended that prices should be clearly marked to prevent fraud. All catering companies in the city must hang seafood price signs on the seafood pools in their stores. In the seafood pool area, the city's seafood government-guided prices must be scrolled on the display screen, and the Internet of Things traceable scales must be used for weighing. Video surveillance equipment from the seafood pool to the kitchen must be fully covered, and video data must be retained for more than one month. Catering companies that provide seafood processing services must publish the seafood processing fee standards in a prominent place in the store, report the seafood processing fee standards to the market supervision department in advance, and must not change the seafood processing fee standards at will.

Finally, it is recommended to strengthen supervision and improve procedures. All catering enterprises in the city, especially seafood catering enterprises, must fully use the electronic ordering system and upload relevant data every day. Before signing and confirming the order on the menu, consumers should take the initiative to carefully check that the item name, unit of measurement, quantity, unit price, amount, etc. are correct before signing for confirmation. When consumers consume at seafood processing stores or processing stalls, they must proactively check the processing fee and total amount of each seafood with the consumer to prevent cheating with the calculator.

A hotel said that "prices will increase every week" this winter

Sanya City Supervision Bureau said it will strengthen management

In addition to seafood prices, tourists also reported that the hotel Prices have increased.

According to Red Star News, reporters noticed that the price of the same room type in a hotel in Sanya has doubled compared to last summer, and the price during the Spring Festival was four times that of last summer. When the reporter checked into this hotel in July 2022, a large bed room cost about 250 yuan per night. Now the reporter found on the booking software that the price of the same room type has exceeded 500 yuan, and the price during the Spring Festival holiday is more than 1,100 yuan. A staff member of this hotel said: “The room price is adjusted according to the occupancy rate. In previous years, the room price during the peak season and Spring Festival was around 1,300-1,500 yuan. There has not been much change this year, but it is not clear whether there will be any changes in the future. ”

A staff member of another hotel in Sanya told reporters that the price of the hotel’s garden king bed room on January 20 was 1,430 yuan per night, and on January 21 it was 2,230 yuan. Regarding the surge in hotel prices in Sanya this winter, hotel staff responded that prices are higher in winter, but this year is indeed much higher than in previous years. After the epidemic, hotels in Sanya are fully booked every day, so prices will increase, basically every week. Prices may increase during the Spring Festival. "We usually increase hotel prices based on occupancy rates. In previous years, the lowest price was more than 1,000 yuan a night during the Chinese New Year. This year, the lowest price is more than 2,000 yuan." Mr. Wang, a Sanya citizen, told reporters that currently, at the beach, vegetable markets and restaurants Nearby, I can feel that there are more people than before. "Sanya has a permanent population of about one million. If there are a lot of tourists, some infrastructure facilities may not be able to keep up."

As for the price increase, Mr. Wang said, "During the Spring Festival, Sanya hotels will not be able to keep up." Price increases may have been going on for more than ten years.” This is because Sanya has a unique winter climate, which is very warm and suitable for vacation. Moreover, Sanya has scarce coastal resources, which has led to an increase in hotel prices.

As a local resident, Mr. Wang has not felt much about the changes in hotel prices, but he has felt the increase in seafood prices.

Mr. Wang said that they are used to going to fishing ports or wharves to buy seafood. “The prices at these sources have not increased much, but in large seafood processing markets, I personally feel that there may be an increase of no more than 30%.”

In response to the rising prices, the reporter called the Sanya Municipal Market Supervision and Administration Bureau. A staff member said that he had paid attention to the relevant situation and was handling it. At present, supervision of the seafood market and other tourist markets has been increased. " During the Chinese New Year, we need to create a good atmosphere for tourists and local citizens, so we will strengthen supervision in this area. This is necessary."

Editor | Cheng Penggai Yuanyuan Du Hengfeng

Proofreading. |He Xiaotao

Cover picture source: Red Star News

Daily economic news is synthesized from Red Star News, City Express·Chengshi Interactive, and Nanhai Net