出入境政策优化，国际机票搜索量增长850%！
12月26日晚间，国家卫健委发布《关于对新型冠状病毒感染实施“乙类乙管”的总体方案》，其中优化了中外人员往来管理，取消入境后全员核酸检测和集中隔离。消息发布后，多个平台的国际机票瞬时搜索量成倍增长。
去哪儿平台数据显示，26晚消息发布后15分钟内，国际机票瞬时搜索量增长7倍，热门目的地为泰国、日本和韩国。
携程数据显示，政策发布半小时内，携程平台热门海外目的地搜索量同比大涨10倍，出境(包含中国港澳台)机票、海外酒店搜索均达到三年来峰值。
同程旅行平台数据显示，消息发布后，全平台国际机票瞬时搜索量增长850%；签证搜索量瞬时增长10倍。
The search volume of international flight tickets is surging in China after the country announced to downgrade the management of COVID-19 from Jan 8, the news website chinanews.com reported on Tuesday.
▲ Tourists wait in line for checking in at Beijing Capital International Airport, Dec 11, 2022. [Photo/VCG]
According to the online travel agency Qunar, the international flight ticket search volume increased sevenfold within 15 minutes after the new COVID-19 management measures were announced, and the hot destinations are Thailand, Japan, and South Korea.
Data from another online travel platform Ctrip showed that the search volume to popular overseas destinations increased tenfold year-on-year compared with the same period of last year within 30 minutes after the information was announced. Moreover, the search volume of outbound flight tickets and hotels reached a three-year high.
Some hot tourism destinations' search volume saw rapid growth for the upcoming Spring Festival holiday, which falls on Jan 21 to 27 next year. The top 10 hot destinations are Macao, Hong Kong, Japan, Thailand, South Korea, the US, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, and the UK, according to Ctrip.
The tourism service provider ly.com said the search volume of international flight tickets jumped 850 percent, and the visa service search volume grew tenfold after the information was announced. Japan, South Korea, and Thailand are the top 3 overseas destinations to Chinese tourists. The hot outbound flight destinations are Bangkok, Tokyo, Seoul, Los Angeles and Singapore.
The search users to outbound tourism are mainly from Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, said ly.com.
The Chinese mainland customers' average spending to outbound flight tickets and high-end hotels increased by 64 percent and 40 percent during nearly half a year, compared with the same period before the COVID-19 epidemic, said Ctrip.
With tourism supply-side recovery, and inflation control in major economies, the overall price of international flight tickets and outbound hotels is expected to fall back; however, due to the supply-side facilities, and manpower recovery still exists short-term constraints, the price needs time to fall, said the chinanews.com, citing Fang Zeqian, an industry analyst at Trip.com Group.
As the new COVID-19 management measures implementing, and the airline operating capacity recovering, the summer vacation of 2023 may usher in the peak of entry and exit, said chinanews.com, citing Lan Xiang, director of Qunar's data research department.
Moreover, visa service still has constraints in short-time, said the Ctrip. Although most of the overseas countries have opened their visa applications, due to staff shortages in many embassies and consulates in China, visa applications will be delayed.
记者：张洁
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