Sanya has been declared the most popular domestic destination for the Dragon Boat Festival holidays, ahead of Urumqi, Chengdu, Guiyang, Lanzhou, Beijing, Wuxi, Shanghai, Lhasa and Guilin, according to a travel report from online travel service provider Tongcheng-eLong.
Water themed scenic spots such as Atlantis Sanya were popular among tourists. This year, Sanya held a variety of folk activities, such as dragon boat racing, zongzi-making and fragrant sac-making during the holiday. Films and TV series such as On Youth have also brought new opportunities for tourism development in Hainan.
Atlantis Sanya - a five-star hotel in Sanya. [Photo/Sanya Daily]
Red tourism stood out as a popular choice during the holiday. Travel orders for such destinations grew by about 200 percent compared with the same period last year.
During the holiday, travel purchases on Tongcheng-eLong increased by 52 percent year-on-year. Orders for air tickets increased by 12 percent year-on-year, while orders for bus tickets increased by 106 percent compared with the same holiday in 2020.
The travel radius of Chinese
tourists had significantly shortened during the holiday, with short-distance
trips for in-depth leisure vacations and cultural experiences gaining ground,
said Cheng Chaogong, chief researcher with a tourism research institute
affiliated to Tongcheng-eLong.
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