During the Spring Festival, Beijing welcomed more than 8 million visitors, up 5.3% year-on-year.

  Beijing Youth Daily News (Reporter Zhao Tingting) Today is the seventh day of the Lunar New Year on February 11th, 2019, and the first working day after the Golden Week of the Spring Festival. Beijing Youth Daily reporter learned from the Municipal Holiday Office that during the Spring Festival holiday in 2019, the total number of tourists received in Beijing was 8.117 million, a year-on-year increase of 5.3%. The total tourism revenue was 8.185 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12.7%; The per capita expenditure was 1,008 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.0%.

  According to the data of key holiday monitoring system in Beijing, such as transportation, scenic spots and accommodation, the data of tourists’ sampling survey during the Spring Festival Golden Week, and the big data of online tourism service platform, combined with the development degree of Beijing’s global tourism, the comprehensive analysis and statistical results show that during the Spring Festival Golden Week in 2019 (7 days), the total number of tourists received in Beijing was 8.117 million. Among them, 3,458,500 tourists from other provinces came to Beijing, a year-on-year increase of 4.9%; Tourism revenue was 6.92 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12.9%; The per capita expenditure was 2001 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.6%. The number of citizens visiting Beijing was 4.658 million, a year-on-year increase of 5.6%; Tourism revenue was 1.26 billion yuan, up 11.9% year-on-year; The per capita expenditure was 271 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.9%.

  Specific to the scenic spots, Qianmen Street, Longtan Park, Shichahai Scenic Area, ditan park and the Palace Museum rank in the top five in terms of tourist reception. It is worth mentioning that, except for the slight increase in the tourist reception of Qianmen Street, the tourist reception of the other four scenic spots all declined year-on-year, with Shichahai and Ditan both falling by over 30%.

  The data shows that the temple fair cultural activities in Beijing during the Golden Week of the Spring Festival received a total of 3.106 million person-times, a year-on-year decrease of 18.4%. In addition, from New Year’s Eve to 12 noon on the sixth day, the suburban folk tour received a total of 1.138 million tourists, an increase of 8.6% year-on-year; Operating income reached 109 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.9%. The top three reception areas are Huairou District, Yanqing District and Shunyi District. Among them, Huairou District received 228,000 tourists, ranking first.

  From 14: 00 on February 3, 2019 to 10: 00 on February 10, 2019, the Quality Supervision Office of the Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism received 18 complaints about various types of tourism from the 12301 system of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the 12345 non-emergency rescue service center in Beijing, a decrease of 50% compared with 2018 (36 cases). There was one report about a regular "one-day tour" and zero complaint about an illegal "one-day tour".

  Count the Spring Festival.

  The ticket price is 50% off.

  Just after the festival, it is a good time to travel in the wrong peak. Yesterday, the reporter of Beiqing Daily inquired about Ctrip and other booking websites and found that on February 10th, the lowest ticket price for Beijing to fly to Sanya was 1,650 yuan, which was equivalent to a 5.5% discount. It dropped to 530 yuan on February 15th, and further dropped to 420 yuan on the 19th of the Lantern Festival. After the festival, Nanjing, Guangzhou, Chongqing and other places will fly to Sanya for only 400 yuan. In addition, after the holiday, the ticket prices to Qingdao, Chengdu, Kunming, Hangzhou, Xi ‘an, Chongqing and other popular tourist cities all dropped by 20%, and a large number of special fares as low as 20% emerged. Take Chongqing as an example. On February 16th, Beijing started from 390 yuan, Shanghai from 230 yuan and Hangzhou from 350 yuan. Compared with the Spring Festival, peak-shifting travel can save about 50% of travel costs. Text/reporter Zhao Tingting

  The average price of outbound travel during the festival is 10000 yuan.

  Yesterday, Tongcheng Yilong and Tongcheng cits joint released the Inventory of Residents’ Travel and Tourism Consumption in the Golden Week of the Spring Festival of 2019. During the Golden Week of the Spring Festival, domestic tourism still presents the general characteristics of "going north to play with snow and going south to avoid the cold". Beijing, Kunming, Xiamen, Harbin, Lijiang, Dali, Sanya, Changchun, Mudanjiang and Jilin are the most popular domestic tourism destinations during the Golden Week of the Spring Festival this year. During the Golden Week of the Spring Festival, the average price of domestic long-distance tours and group tours is about 3,800 yuan/person. In terms of outbound travel, Southeast Asian island tours are still the first choice for Chinese people to travel during the Golden Week of the Spring Festival. Bali, Boracay, Saipan, Kota Kinabalu, Maldives, Manado, Colombo and Cebu are all popular destinations for outbound island tours during the Spring Festival, with the average price of group tours above 10,000 yuan/person, up to 10,000 yuan. Text/reporter Zhao Tingting

  Spring Festival sales amounted to 4.88 billion yuan.

  The 120 commercial service enterprises monitored by the Municipal Bureau of Commerce achieved sales of 4.88 billion yuan in seven days, up 5.1% over the same period last year. The activities of "2019 Jingwei New Year Tesco Month" and "2019 New Year Promotion Festival" sponsored by the Municipal Bureau of Commerce span the Spring Festival holiday; Dongcheng, Fengtai, Yanqing District and other business departments and business service enterprises held theme activities during the festival, which brought more flavor to Beijing. Wangfujing festival activities are colorful, and the God of Wealth stands guard at the New Dong ‘an Market to give "red envelopes", adding "wealth" to consumers. Oriental Xintiandi costume door children welcome guests, let consumers feel the changes of Chinese clothing; Wangfujing department store customizes new year gifts for customers who come to the store. SF Express has put in more than 3,000 dispatchers every day, with an average daily dispatch volume of more than 120,000 pieces. Nearly 30,000 domestic service personnel were arranged by 50 domestic service enterprises in the city to stick to their service posts. Text/reporter Li Jia

  The number of visitors to the wrong peak increased by 13%

  The "Summary Report on Spring Festival Travel in the Year of the Pig" of Donkey Mother Travel Network was released yesterday. According to the Report, the peak of tourists’ travel in the Spring Festival this year is from New Year’s Eve to the third day, and the number of people who "run away" and "catch the tail" in advance has increased by 13% compared with last year. New Year’s Eve in the Forbidden City in Beijing, Story of Yanxi Palace Temple Fair in Hengdian, Zhejiang, and the second peddler’s festival in the ancient village scenic spot of Hakka Wai House Group in Kansai, Jiangxi & HELIP; … During the Spring Festival this year, in addition to the regular popular experience content, scenic spots around the country have also held special "taste of the year" activities, attracting a large number of residents to experience the folk customs of the Spring Festival in the scenic spots. From a national perspective, Changlong Tourist Resort, Shanghai Disneyland, Huangshan Scenic Area, shenzhen happy valley and other scenic spots have the highest popularity in the Spring Festival travel. Judging from the experience content, the number of tourists in cultural scenic spots has increased most obviously, with an increase of over 60% compared with last year. Text/reporter Zhao Tingting