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The Dragon Boat Festival summer vacation comes one after another. If you want to travel, you'd better buy tickets in advance

09:08, June 9, 2023 | Source: Nanning Evening News
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   Fuel surcharge "three consecutive drops" discount on flights to many places in Nanning during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday

The Dragon Boat Festival holiday and summer vacation are coming. Many citizens have made travel plans and started to book air tickets. Yesterday, the reporter learned from Yongzhu Airlines that recently, the domestic flight fuel surcharge collection standard was lowered, which will help further reduce the travel costs of passengers. At present, there are discounts for flights from Nanning to Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou and Chengdu during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday.

It is understood that since June 5, the collection standard of fuel surcharges for domestic flights has been adjusted, with 20 yuan charged for each passenger on routes below 800 kilometers (inclusive) and 30 yuan charged for each passenger on routes above 800 kilometers, respectively 10 yuan and 30 yuan lower than before the adjustment. This is the third reduction in fuel surcharges since the beginning of this year, down 50% to 60% compared with the beginning of the year.

According to the insiders, the reduction of fuel surcharges will save some travel costs for users and affect consumers' travel choices to some extent. Since this year, the tourism industry has recovered well. The fuel surcharge for domestic air tickets has been lowered for several times in a row, bringing continuous benefits to the tourism industry in the recovery period.

During the Dragon Boat Festival, China Southern Airlines invested 111 flights in the Guangxi market, with 29000 starting seats. From the current seating situation, Nanning's departure during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday has improved on a month on month basis. China Southern Airlines Guangxi Branch predicts that the peak travel may come during the Dragon Boat Festival and summer vacation. For the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, China Southern Airlines also adopts various channels to carry out pre-sale: the pre-sale price of flights from Nanning to Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Chengdu, Wuhan and other places is about 45% off; the pre-sale price of flights from Nanning to Lanzhou, Xining, Xi'an, Urumqi and other places in the northwest is about 40% off; the pre-sale price of flights from Nanning to Harbin, Shenyang, Changchun, Qingdao The pre-sale discount in Dalian and other places is around 3.5%.

In addition, in order to further meet the travel needs of passengers, China Southern Airlines will add a CZ5057/8 direct flight from Nanning to Bangkok in the summer, one flight a day. The flight will be booked one month in advance.

Recently, Beibu Gulf Airlines launched a student discount product - "student benefits". When students buy tickets for the designated self operated routes of Beibu Gulf Airlines, they can enjoy a direct discount of 50 yuan on the basis of the coupon discount, and they can reschedule the flight 12 hours before (including) departure for free. The preferential period of the activity starts from today to July 10, bringing tangible benefits and convenience to student passengers. (Reporter Liao Xin, Correspondent Qin Yuyu, Xing Zhongda)

   Train tickets for the Dragon Boat Festival small and long holiday are sold in hot directions such as Nanning to Guangzhou

This year's Dragon Boat Festival holiday lasts from June 22 to 24, a total of three days. Yesterday, the reporter learned from the railway department that, according to the current national railway ticket pre-sale period of 15 days, from June 8, passengers can buy the train tickets for the Dragon Boat Festival holiday synchronously through the railway 12306 website, the railway 12306App, the 95105105 booking phone or the station window. By analogy, the last day of the holiday (June 24) is June 10.

At present, how about the booking of train tickets on the first day of the Dragon Boat Festival holiday? At about 18:00 yesterday, the reporter logged on the railway 12306 website and learned that Nanning was basically sold out from 9:00 to 11:00 in the direction of Guangzhou, and there were more tickets before 9:00 and after 11:00; Nanning to Kunming was basically sold out before 12:00, and there were a few tickets left after 12:00; There are still a few tickets from Nanning to Changsha, Guiyang, Chengdu, etc. In the direction of Guangxi, the first-class seats from Nanning to Guilin are basically sold out, and there are a few tickets in the second-class seats; Nanning was basically sold out before 16:00 to Beihai, and there were a few tickets left after 16:00; Nanning still has more tickets to other areas.

"Qunar" released the "2023 Dragon Boat Festival Holiday Tourism Forecast Report" on June 5, which shows that from the platform search volume and advance booking volume as of June 4, China's tourism market is expected to continue the hot momentum of the "May Day" holiday this year. According to the data, due to the duration of the holiday, most of the trips during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday are peripheral trips and short trips. Thanks to the smooth high-speed rail lines and low-cost air tickets, the "2-hour tourism circle" around big cities has become a new travel trend.

The staff of the railway department suggested that the passengers with travel plans during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday should reasonably plan their trips and buy tickets in advance. (Reporter Li Zhaoqi)

(Editor in charge: Pang Guanhua, Chen Lulu)

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