There are only two weeks left before the May Day holiday. From today, passengers can buy train tickets for May 1.

This year's "May Day" holiday, the tourism popularity has steadily increased from the high level last year. Topics such as "no 12306 seconds" and "ticket grabbing" have frequently rushed to the hot search, and some popular cities have seen "one ticket is hard to get".

Data diagram: The train stops at the platform. Photographed by Jia Tianyong, a reporter from China News Agency

Be careful! On the 17th of May Day, the train tickets were robbed

This year's "May Day" holiday lasts from May 1 to May 5, a total of 5 days.

According to the current national railway ticket pre-sale period of 15 days, from April 17, passengers can buy the train ticket on May 1 through the railway 12306 website and railway 12306APP; On April 21, you can buy a return ticket on May 5 (the last day of the May Day holiday).

According to the report released by Ctrip Research Institute, in the upcoming "May Day" holiday, the tourism popularity has steadily increased from the high level last year, and the popular scenic spot "sea of people" is about to reappear. Different from the short and medium distance travel during the Tomb sweeping Day holiday, the "May Day" medium and long distance travel has become the leading role, and the domestic long distance travel orders account for 56%.

Screenshot of 12306 website.

Tickets sold out! The ten most popular cities

According to the platform data, Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Hangzhou, Chengdu, Nanjing, Xi'an, Wuhan, Guangzhou and Changsha are the top ten popular tourist destinations for the May Day holiday in terms of overall bookings.

On April 16, Zhongxin Finance and Economics logged on the official website 12306 and found that on April 30, almost all the tickets from Beijing to Chongqing, Hangzhou, Wuhan, Xi'an, Nanjing and other places had been sold out.

At the same time, with the improvement of infrastructure and tourism reception capacity, more and more tourism destinations in the sinking market are welcomed. According to the platform data, Tianshui, Xuzhou, Zibo, Hefei, Nanchang, Diqing, Jingdezhen, Shijiazhuang, Yantai, Huangshan and other cities have become the fastest growing cities for May Day holiday hotel reservations.

The official website of 12306 also shows that on April 30, all the tickets from Beijing to Tianshui, Zibo, Huangshan and other places have been sold out.

The platform data also shows that hotel reservation orders in the county market during the May Day holiday increased by 68% year on year, and ticket orders in scenic spots increased by 151% year on year, which is higher than the national market. Pingtan in Fujian, Yangshuo in Guangxi, Anji in Zhejiang, Wuyuan in Jiangxi, Chun'an in Zhejiang, Zhengding in Hebei, Jinghong in Yunnan, Deqing in Zhejiang, Shangri la in Yunnan, Dunhuang in Gansu, etc. are popular county tourism destinations.

Data picture: The train stops at the platform. Photographed by Yang Bo, a reporter from China News Agency

Tips! Pay attention to these three points when purchasing tickets quickly

How to buy tickets quickly at the peak of "May Day" travel? China National Railway Corporation issued three tips:

1. For the subscription of start of sale reminder, multiple reminders can be set in advance through the system according to the start of sale time of tickets, so as to submit the ticket purchase order in time.

2. The starting time is different for different stations.

3. The function of pre filling information is to fill in the passenger, train number, seat class and other information in advance on the day when the ticket starts to be sold. When the ticket starts to be sold, you can submit the order with one click.

The railway department said that in the second quarter, the railway passenger flow remained stable, and the "May Day" and the Dragon Boat Festival holidays will usher in peak passenger flow. The railway department will pay close attention to the changes in passenger flow, dynamically optimize the supply of passenger transport products, make every effort to do a good job in station service, expand the scope and range of fare concessions, and strive to make the travel experience of passengers better.