Online travel agent Qunar’s data revealed that on Sunday 28 March 2021, bookings for flight tickets during the Qingming aka Tomb Sweeping Day (4 April) holiday increased by 25% compared to the day before. Similarly, air travel bookings for the Labour Day holiday (1 May) increased by 14% on the same day.
Hainan, Yunnan, Xinjiang, Sichuan, Guangxi, and other popular tourist destinations saw a significant increase in the number of round-trip ticket searches and bookings during the five-day Labour Day holiday.
The average price of flight tickets during the Labour Day holiday this year reached 978 RMB (150 USD), an increase of 193 RMB or 25% compared to the same period in 2019.
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