Are there many people traveling on May Day?

The beginning of p>28 is definitely the most unforgettable year in many people's lives. Everyone has stayed at home for almost a month. Now the pace of spring is getting closer and closer, and the epidemic situation has been effectively controlled. Will there be many tourists traveling during the May Day holiday this year?

"I have already missed the Spring Festival trip, and I don't want to miss the five-day holiday on May Day. The fare has not gone up now. Do you want to buy it in advance? " These days, netizen @ Xia Xia is troubled by Hamlet-style troubles, refreshing the ticket price on the Internet several times a day, and hesitating between buying and not buying.

The epidemic situation in COVID-19 is expanding, and the dawn is faintly visible. Although the Spring Festival travel rush plan was shelved by the epidemic, with the gradual resumption of flights, "May Day" became a new expectation. Monitoring data from online travel platforms such as Flying Pig, Tongcheng, Qunar, etc. show that the search volume of air tickets and train tickets on the platform during the "May Day" period in the past week increased by at least 4% compared with the previous week, and some platforms even reached 8%; Some hotels also try to offer special "pre-sale" products. While the search volume and click volume rebound, consumers will inevitably have questions: Less than two months before the May Day holiday, will it be risky to buy May Day holiday products at a low price?

The search volume of May Day travel has increased greatly

Most people are too slow to make moves.

The Spring Festival is always the peak tourist season, especially the air tickets departing on the second day of the New Year's Eve, which are generally considered as the peak of air ticket prices. The sudden outbreak of COVID-19 has turned the original tourist season into a "unsubscribe" season.

according to the data released by Alibaba's Flying Pig Tourism, a large number of consumers who originally planned to travel during the Spring Festival canceled their travel plans, and the unsubscribe rate of domestic travel orders was about 7%, while that of overseas travel orders was about 5%. Ctrip has received more than 1 million consultations in the past month. The words most frequently heard by customer service have also changed from "booking" in the past to "hurry up", "cancel" and "thank you". The number of user inquiries with "cancel" as the key word has exceeded 2.5 million.

Spring Festival travel rush's ticket has been refunded, but the mood of traveling is not over yet. Due to the recent resumption of air service, and the price was once at the "cabbage price", the eager hearts of tourists were touched again. There are countless people in the circle of friends who have been thinking about their travel plans after the epidemic. May Day, which has a five-day holiday, has become a time that travelers pay close attention to.

just this past weekend, Tongcheng yilong online travel company, which has resumed work, released the search data for the third week of February. Among them, the search volume of air tickets for Qingming holiday on February 23 increased by 138% compared with a week ago, and the search volume of air tickets for May Day increased by 84%.

Fei's data shows that the number of users searching for May Day air tickets and train tickets increased by 4% over last week, and the number of users searching for May Day hotels increased by 35%, but only a few people really took the initiative to search. A simultaneous survey report on "Consumer Confidence in Travel after the Epidemic" shows that consumers are cautious about traveling after the epidemic, 32% of users said they would not travel immediately, and 28% said they would wait and see. However, among consumers who are willing to travel after the epidemic, 56% want to go out to play within three months.

the hotel ticket price is lower than the same period last year.

can I get a full refund now?

At present, travelers and travelers are waiting for a "rebound". At this stage, because the tourism market that has been pressed the pause button has not been restarted, the May Day holiday, which is full of spring, lasts for five days, and the prices of air tickets and hotels are still in a downturn. However, people in the tourism industry believe that the recent low-cost ticket grabbing is comparable to "venture capital".

official website, search online travel companies and hotel chains, there are many special airfare, hotels and even travel packages. For example, Qunar.com, a one-way ticket from Hangzhou to Xi 'an 'an during the "May 1" period, and flights within 6 yuan have multiple time slots to choose from; From April 3th to May 4th, the minimum round trip from Hangzhou to Bangkok is 1,884 yuan, and the minimum round trip from Hangzhou to Macau is 2,29 yuan.

"Although the air ticket price during the May Day period is not the online cabbage price,

If consumers want to" grab tickets "in advance, they need to see clearly the company, products and risks. She believes that if consumers buy special or pre-sold tourism products in May and June due to personal predictions about the epidemic, they need to be risk-conscious. "In particular, they should read the product description or contract clearly, clarify the policy of changing the visa and rescheduling, and the refund and rescheduling fees that consumers have to bear." In the case of refund during the Spring Festival, Air China, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, and large hotel chains are relatively relaxed in the policy of refund and change.

Xu Min, president of Hangzhou Travel Agency Industry Association, said that according to the Emergency Notice of the General Office of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism on Doing a Good Job in the Prevention and Control of Pneumonia Infected by novel coronavirus and Suspending the Business Activities of Tourism Enterprises, tourism activities have not yet started, so it is uncertain whether May Day can be resumed. It is worth noting that consumers who are eager to grab low-priced tickets will also take risks if they encounter the problem of blocked travel in the later period, and it is unlikely that they will be fully refunded.