Original title: After the optimization of cross-border policies, inbound demand has increased significantly, and the number of airline ticket bookings is 1.6 times that of outbound growth
Che Hui, Workers’ Daily-China Industry Net reporter
On December 26, the National Health and Medical Commission issued a notice on the implementation of the new coronavirus infection “Class B and B Control” master plan, realizing a leap of liberalization of the cross-border travel mechanism. Since then, the demand for entry and exit from mainland China has changed with the times and has started to grow significantly, which is reflected in the reservations and price fluctuations of international air tickets.
On the morning of December 27, Ctrip data showed that outbound air ticket orders from mainland China increased significantly over the same period on the 26th, an overall increase of 254%, and the average air ticket price decreased by 12.9% over the previous month. . Overall outbound airline tickets have shown a trend of “rising volume and falling price,” indicating that the future boom market is already brewing.
Singapore, South Korea, Hong Kong, Japan and Thailand saw the largest increases in airline ticket orders, becoming the top 5 popular outbound destinations after the first cross-border restrictions were lifted. Among them, outbound air ticket orders to Singapore recorded the fastest growth rate, which increased 6 times from the previous month; the remaining TOP4 countries or regions generally increased by about 4 times.
Outbound air ticket orders to long-haul destinations in the UK, US and Australia have also increased, but there is still some gap to the increase in Asia.
Judging by the fluctuations in outbound air ticket prices, the average air ticket prices of many Asian destinations decreased significantly on the 27th. Among them, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Japan are the TOP4 destinations with air ticket prices down. The top three air ticket prices fell by 47% -40%, and the last one is Japan. the ticket price fell by 27.6%. A Ctrip official said one possible reason is that domestic airlines have recently increased the capacity of short-term outbound flights.
However, outbound airline ticket prices to long-haul destinations in the UK, USA and Australia are currently still relatively stable and generally go up and down.
Judging by the search volume of outbound air tickets, the top ten domestic popular departures are Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Shenzhen, Nanjing, Xiamen, Qingdao and Tianjin.
Currently, inbound demand is growing faster than outbound demand.
According to Ctrip data, inbound air ticket orders in mainland China increased by 412% over the same period of 26, or 1.6 times the increase in outbound air ticket orders; the average price of inbound airline tickets increased 8.6% month over month. Inbound airline tickets show a “volume and price” status.
Australia, Germany, Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong are the top five sources of inbound tourists. Among them, Australia and Germany’s inbound air ticket orders increased nearly eightfold, far outpacing the latter three Asian tourism sources.
Among inbound air tickets, only Thailand and Hong Kong, China experienced a monthly decline in fare prices, and other places of departure air ticket prices are all rising.
