What is the effect of China 10 Mid-Autumn Festival holiday?

With the promulgation of "National Statutory Holidays and Commemorative Days" in the State Council, since the National Day holiday in 2000, China people have become accustomed to the rhythm of "Golden Week" for seven days every year.

The purpose of setting up a long holiday is to stimulate domestic demand and boost the economy. Nowadays, the sight of crowds of scenic spots during the National Day every year has fully realized the idea of "holiday economy" in that year.

Moreover, with the number of China tourists traveling abroad increasing by more than 30% every year, today's Eleventh Day has completely become the Golden Week all over the world.

People have noticed that China's great success in setting up the "Golden Week" has made its neighbors feel anxious. On September 5th this year, when South Korean President Moon Jae in held a State Council meeting, he designated the 2nd of this month as a temporary public holiday. In this way, Koreans will have an unprecedented 10 day holiday.

Moon Jae in emphasized at that time that the purpose of setting up this festival was to "promote domestic demand and inject vitality into the economy".

However, the beautiful ideas of Koreans were defeated by reality. During the long vacation, South Korea's population movement "only goes out", and rich people have flown abroad to spend money.

The bosses in Seoul can only complain about the bleak business.

South Korea's president has set a 10-day "super long holiday".

Public holidays in Korea are also called "red sun". Until 20 14, if the "red sun" falls on the weekend, the government will not take the mid-week holiday to make up for it. Even now, the Korean government can't guarantee that every holiday that falls on the weekend can be taken off.

With such conditions, it is conceivable that it was difficult for Koreans to make up a long vacation in the past.

Today (65438+10.3) is the "Kaiyuan Festival" in South Korea, also known as "Tanjun Day", which is a day to commemorate the founding of ancient Korea.

According to the Records of the Three Kingdoms, a history book of the Koryo Dynasty, it is said that in 2333 BC, Tangen unified the ministries and established the ancient Korean state. 65438+ 10 3 became a public holiday in Korea.

Like China, this year's 65438+10.4 is the Mid-Autumn Festival in Korea, and it has also become the "Harvest Festival" in Korea, incorporating the color of Western Thanksgiving.

Traditionally, Koreans will make "muffins" with half-moon rice cakes with pine needles in the Mid-Autumn Festival and pay homage to their ancestors' graves.

The purpose of setting up 10 holiday in South Korea is to learn from China's practice of stimulating domestic demand and boosting the economy. Unfortunately, contrary to expectations, South Korea's domestic tourism consumption has not increased, but has fallen sharply.

The reason is that many rich people in Korea have taken advantage of the long vacation to travel abroad. Ordinary wage earners who stay in China are too busy working to earn money or going back to their hometown to visit relatives, so they have no time and ability to increase consumption expenditure.

Frank Lee, manager of a large tourism service agency in South Korea, said helplessly:

"In the past, the holidays were short and Koreans went to neighboring countries at most. This year, many people take advantage of the long vacation to travel to distant places such as Europe and North America. South Korea is so small that people think that domestic tours can be done at any time. There is no need to waste precious holidays to play in South Korea. "

According to Interpark Tour's data, the number of people who booked overseas air tickets and tourism products from the agency has more than doubled this year compared with the same period last year. Among them, tourists to Europe and America account for about 40% of all tourists, which was unimaginable in the past.

Jin Mingjian, head of the strategy group of the Korea Tourism Association, said, "The total population of Korea is 5 1 10,000. We expect that the number of people traveling abroad will reach 26 million this year, even more than half of the total population." According to the statistics of Incheon International Airport in South Korea, on June 65438+1 October1day, the number of South Koreans leaving the country was about 1 1.5 million, and it is almost certain that the number of people going abroad will break the record this year.

However, for Korean domestic businesses, the biggest headache is that the population flow "can't make ends meet". On the one hand, Koreans travel abroad, on the other hand, the number of foreign tourists coming to Korea has dropped sharply.

According to the statistics of the Korea Tourism Association, during the summer tourist season in July this year, 2.39 million people from South Korea traveled abroad, and the number of people who came to Korea was about 6.5438+0 million. During the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday in South Korea, the gap between the two will only widen.

It is reported that South China's tourism industry has been hit hard this year, because the number of tourists to South Korea has decreased significantly and international tourists have reduced their visits to South Korea for security reasons.

In July this year, the number of foreign tourists received by South Korea decreased by more than 40% compared with the same period last year. From June 5438 to July this year, the number of foreign tourists received by South Korea decreased by 2 1%, and the estimated potential economic losses totaled 3.3 billion US dollars (about 22 billion yuan).

The sharp drop in international tourism income directly affects the trade balance of South Korea.

According to the statistics of the Bank of Korea, in July this year, South Korea's current trade deficit was about 3.29 billion US dollars, about twice that of the same period last year.

Boss Li, who runs a restaurant in downtown Seoul, said: "People who run restaurants like me have suffered a lot during the long vacation. To give such a long holiday is' go to hell' for us small businessmen. We don't want to rest, because everyone is going abroad or returning home, and no one is resting in the street. "

Boss Zheng, who sells clothes in a large shopping mall in Seoul, also said: "There are so many people going abroad, but I am worried that those who use the long vacation to go abroad will not spend money after returning home. What should I do? " According to Yonhap News Agency, in a questionnaire survey, 77.6% of migrant workers said that they would rather work overtime during the long vacation in order to earn more money. 43.5% said they "had to work" to earn living expenses.

Hong Wenyuan of the largest opposition party, Free Korea Party, said, "Due to the 10 holiday, the traditional market became empty and the airport became crowded. The government's temporary public holidays seem to encourage Koreans to spend abroad. "