Why choose to store hotels on Qunar platform?

Spring River Plumbing Duck Prophet, as early as the Qatar World Cup ended, international hotel bookings on the Qunar platform began to become busy. Stocking up on low-priced international hotels in advance to go abroad for New Year’s Eve has become a new choice for “early birds” traveling during New Year’s Eve. Li Yun, who booked a hotel in Thailand for 5 days and 4 nights, extended his annual leave to January 8 as soon as he received the news. He is expected to be the first beneficiary of the liberalization of entry and exit policies.

After the entry-exit policy was optimized on December 26, some passengers booked air tickets to Thailand for New Year’s Day on the Qunar platform, embarking on their first overseas trip in three years. On the Qunar platform, on December 27, the number of people searching for international air tickets departing before New Year's Day increased 8.5 times compared with last week, and the number of bookings increased 1.8 times compared with the same time last week.

At the same time, international hotel bookings are also growing rapidly. On the Qunar platform, international hotel bookings increased by 40% from 11 pm on the 26th to the 27th compared with the same period the previous day; judging from the search volume, Thailand, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and the United States are popular destinations.

Since entry is still required to be quarantined before January 8, for most people, it is easier to travel to Macau for New Year’s Eve. Qunar platform data shows that the search volume for Macau hotels on New Year’s Day 2023 from December 26 to 28 more than doubled compared to the same period last week.

Guo Lechun analyzed that as the Civil Aviation Administration of China released a work plan for resuming international passenger flights on December 28, the 75% passenger load factor limit on inbound flights will be lifted from January 8, 2023, and more inbound flight seats will be released. Open, which also enhances travelers’ confidence in booking outbound travel.

New Year's Day will usher in the first peak of tourism consumption after the "New Ten Articles"

After the "Yangkang", young people most want to celebrate the New Year in a theme park

On the Qunar Travel App, “Going to a theme park for New Year’s Eve” is the first thing young people want to do after their “Yang Kang”. With the resumption of tourism after the issuance of the new ten regulations, many theme parks will regard the New Year's Eve as the last "highlight" in 2022.

Beijing’s Ms. Wang’s first inter-provincial travel destination after her “Yangkang” holiday was Shanghai Disneyland. She booked a round-trip air ticket to Shanghai a week in advance, costing 3,000 yuan for two people; Lujiazui Five-Star A class hotel costs 1,200 yuan per night to enjoy the New Year's Eve view and draw a successful conclusion to 2022, which is also the third year of the epidemic.

From December 31, 2022 to January 1, 2023, Shanghai Disney Theme Park will launch a limited-time New Year celebration. The special edition Castle Phantom Show and Fantasy Winter Parade attract local and foreign tourists. . Qunar data shows that Shanghai Disney Theme Park tickets on December 31 and January 1 are the most popular, and segment sales are currently open.

In addition to Disney, reservations for Beijing Universal Studios Theme Park and Zhuhai Chimelong Ocean Kingdom are also hot during New Year’s Day. On the Qunar platform, Beijing Universal Studios theme park also continued its popularity last weekend, with bookings on December 31st and January 1st more than doubling compared to December 3rd and 4th; Zhuhai Chimelong Ocean Due to the Kingdom’s New Year’s Eve fireworks display, bookings on the Qunar platform for December 31st and January 1st tripled from the previous month.

The rising popularity of theme parks has also driven bookings in surrounding hotels, especially in Beijing’s Universal Studios Resort. The driving effect is most obvious: two days before the New Year’s Day holiday, the number of hotel bookings around Beijing’s Universal Studios increased compared with December. It increased nearly 30 times on the 3rd and 4th. Guo Lechun analyzed that theme park ticket bookings and surrounding hotel bookings have recovered significantly, and it is expected that New Year's Day will usher in the first tourism consumption peak after the "New Ten Measures".