Which provinces and cities have a 2.5-day weekend holiday to promote tourism development?

In 2000, tourism, catering and entertainment projects in various places were closed one after another. Now the epidemic situation in various places has been effectively controlled, and spring has come. All localities began to strongly call for the reopening of cultural tourism, entertainment and catering projects. Many places put forward the policy of two and a half days off on weekends to promote consumption.

Since March this year, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Gansu Longnan and other places have successively implemented the 2.5-day vacation system to stimulate consumption.

Netizens in other provinces and cities can't help wondering while admiring. How can they take more than half a day off? Will the legal working hours be shortened? Will other regions follow suit?

These three places have an extra half-day holiday every week.

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According to china tourism academy's calculation, the number of domestic tourists will decrease by 56% in the first quarter of 2008, 15.5% in the whole year, and the domestic tourism revenue will decrease by 69% and 20.6% respectively. It is estimated that the number of tourists will decrease by 932 million, by 1. 1.8 trillion yuan.

In order to promote the consumption of cultural tourism, China has recently introduced many measures, such as issuing coupons and half-price tickets for scenic spots. In addition, the three places have successively proposed a 2.5-day vacation system, with slightly different requirements. For example, Jiangxi Province and Longnan City requested to encourage and guide employees to travel on vacation, but Zhejiang Province did not mention it.

It seems that in the second quarter, Jiangxi Province took the lead in proposing a 2.5-day flexible weekend schedule, requiring all localities and units to optimize their work arrangements and actively guide cadres and workers to go out for leisure on weekends. The reduced working hours of flexible working hours can be compensated by extending the length of other working days.

Longnan City, Gansu Province subsequently encouraged vacation consumption, requiring all administrative institutions to encourage employees to take vacations every Friday afternoon on the premise of completing their work tasks and arranging duty personnel. Strictly implement the paid leave system, and no department or unit may cancel or reduce the leave of cadres and workers for any reason. At the same time, it is necessary to reasonably arrange duty leave during the epidemic prevention and control period to ensure the physical and mental health of cadres and workers and drive consumption to continue to increase.

Just yesterday (24th), Zhejiang Province issued the "Implementation Opinions of the General Office of the People's Government of Zhejiang Province on Boosting Consumption and Promoting Stable Economic Growth". It is mentioned that the flexible working system of 4.5 days per week is encouraged, and qualified organs, social organizations, enterprises and institutions are supported to implement the paid vacation system.

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How to rest for half a day, what are the benefits?

Huang Yu, a macroeconomic researcher at Huarong Securities, said in an interview with the client of Zhongxin Jingwei that the epidemic is currently erupting on a global scale, and the global economy is inevitably impacted. In the future, external demand will remain sluggish, and expanding domestic demand is the main means to boost China's economy. Therefore, stimulating consumption will be an important task for the government in the future. The introduction of 4.5-day flexible working system is mainly to increase leisure time and encourage consumption.

Guo Xiaobei, a researcher at China Minsheng Bank Research Institute, told the client of Sino-Singapore Jingwei that Lenin once said that "people who can't rest can't work". Optimizing holiday arrangements goes far beyond stimulating consumer demand. It is expected that this new policy will release the consumption potential of residents to a great extent, activate the economy and promote social development.

The relevant person in charge of the Jiangxi Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism further pointed out that since the 2.5-day vacation system was only piloted in Jiangxi for three months in the second quarter of this year, the time was not long. Therefore, among the expected beneficiaries, leading institutions are expected to take the lead in benefiting.

So, how to take 2.5 days off? Longnan clearly stipulates that reasonable arrangement of work can encourage employees to travel every Friday afternoon. The relevant person in charge of the Jiangxi Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism said that flexible work and rest is actually a form of "off-duty". Instead of shortening the legal working hours and arranging holidays every week.

In recent years, Hebei, Jiangxi, Chongqing, Gansu, Liaoning, Anhui, Shaanxi, Guizhou, Fujian, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Jiangsu and other provinces 10. Opinions have been issued to encourage 2.5 days off.

At that time, Ji 'an City, Jiangxi Province proposed to have a holiday of 2.5 days on April 20 16 1 day, and to implement a flexible Friday afternoon work and rest system from April 1 day to October 3 1 day every year. In principle, every employee can enjoy two shifts every Friday afternoon. Shangrao proposed that it should be implemented every June 1 to August 3 1.

However, there are many restrictive conditions in the implementation of the so-called 2.5-day holiday system, whether it is the relevant opinions issued by the State Council or the practices of various places. For example, it is clearly implemented by "conditional" units, not all units and enterprises.

Will other places follow suit?

Then, under the epidemic, will there be more places to implement the 2.5-day holiday system? Experts have different opinions.

Huang Yu pointed out that under the background of increasing downward pressure on domestic and international economies, it is expected that more provinces may introduce similar consumption stimulus policies in the future. Su Jian, director of Peking University National Economic Research Center, believes that other places may follow suit, but the effect may not be good.

Yang Chang, a senior economist of Zhongtai Securities Research Institute and head of the policy research group, told the client of Sino-Singapore Jingwei that this policy reflects a positive attitude to further stimulate consumption and may serve consumption, especially in leisure, tourism, vacation and other industries. Whether other provinces follow up depends on the specific situation of other provinces and the balance between production and leisure.