Income
Nearly 1.4 billion people, the world's largest middle-income group, a huge market space, strong purchasing power, become a reliable guarantee of China's economic development. This year's National Day holiday, tourism consumption hit a new high. For seven days, the country received 782 million domestic tourists, up 7.81% year-on-year; domestic tourism revenue was 649.71 billion yuan, up 8.47% year-on-year. The bright consumption figures show China's strong endogenous momentum, with consumption becoming the main engine of economic growth.
The National Day holiday saw bright spots in traditional consumption such as shopping and dining. Data released by the Ministry of Commerce showed that from Oct. 1 to 7, retail and catering enterprises nationwide realized sales of 1.52 trillion yuan, up 8.5 percent year-on-year. Among them, long-established and online celebrity restaurants were quite popular, with sales at some long-established restaurants in Beijing doubling compared with usual.
Cultural activities were colorful. According to a survey by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, 66.4 percent of tourists visited cultural tourism scenic spots during the holiday, and 59.45 percent visited historical and cultural neighborhoods. Results of a survey on Chinese moviegoers' satisfaction showed that the satisfaction rate for this year's National Day was 88.6 points, creating the highest-grade satisfaction rate since the survey began.
The security situation is generally stable. Data from the Ministry of Emergency Management showed that as of 18:00 on the 7th, there were no major production and safety accidents or natural disasters nationwide during the National Day holiday. Compared with the average of the same period in the past five years, the number of deaths and missing persons and direct economic losses due to disasters dropped by 49.3 percent and 58.9 percent, respectively.
Hot spots
Hubei accounts for half of the top 10 scenic spots in central China.
Hubei accounted for half of the top 10 popular scenic spots in central China, namely Jingzhou Fantasy Oriental God Painting, Wuhan Happy Valley, Huanghelou Park, Wuhan Garden Expo Park and Wuhan Haichang Polar Ocean Park. From the Hubei reception of tourists, Wuhan, Enshi, Yichang, Xiangyang, Jingzhou and other five cities booking related products with the highest popularity. Among them, long-distance tours and peripheral tours are mainly concentrated in Enshi, Wuhan, Yichang, Shennongjia, Shiyan and other places. In addition, Wuhan Yinzhi and other night tour products increased by 30% over the same period last year, and the related Yichang Yangtze River cruise increased by nearly 35%.
Donkey mother travel network announced the "National Day trip report" shows that Wuhan from the traditional popular "departure" into a popular "destination", Wuhan has become one of the top ten popular destinations for peripheral tourism. Visitors 22.6224 million, an increase of 10.89%. Among them, 11.59 million foreign Han Chinese tourists, 11.0324 million Chinese tourists, tourism revenue amounted to 12.599 billion yuan, an increase of 15.43%. According to the analysis of the sample survey, the satisfaction rate of tourists' overall impression of Wuhan tourism was 99.41%.
Ctrip's big data shows that from the eve of the National Day, the weekend tour promoted by Wuhan in the country obviously boosted the National Day tourism consumption. During the National Day, Wuhan became a new popular tourist net red city. Among them, the Hubei Provincial Museum received more than 140,000 visitors, an increase of more than 40% year-on-year. Hankou, Wuchang and Hanyang river beaches received 500,000 visitors per day, reaching 700,000 at the peak.
Price cuts at attractions are a boon.
People's continued enthusiasm for tourism is closely related to national policies. after reducing scenic area ticket prices in March 2008, the National Development and Reform Commission emphasized the need to continue to promote the reduction of key state-owned scenic area ticket prices in depth.
The Huimin Card has become the main menu in Hubei Province. Hubei Province, some scenic spots through the ticket reduction and exemption offers, launched a "cultural tourism for the people season". During the holiday, the provincial cultural troupe
The hundred billion volume of the market, so that tourism has become a socially recognized advantageous industry. Sky survey data show that in recent years, the number of travel agencies in China has increased rapidly. 2015 and 2016 more than 10,000 new travel agencies, more than 20,000 new travel agencies each year, and more than 25,000 new travel agencies so far. Currently, the total number of travel agencies in China has exceeded 150,000.