Source: Workers' Daily
Traffic jams, queues, and crowds, but many people still choose to travel on vacation. Some people believe that although there are many unsatisfactory holiday trips, the happiness of family play together cannot be measured by cost performance. There are also people who use holiday travel as the spice of their busy lives, or as an attitude and ritual of life.
Every holiday, the major scenic spots are always crowded. Many tourists complained about high ticket prices, long queue times, discounted services and other problems, and after returning, they complained that "tired dogs, never go out on holidays". But in the next holiday, knowing that there would be a sea of people and a long queue of traffic, I still chose to continue to set off.
Traffic jams, queues, and crowds, why can't you stop you from traveling?
I don't want to just listen to others with envy
Just after the Qingming Festival this year, Liu Ru booked a trip to Yunnan for the family's "May Day" holiday. During last year's "May Day" holiday, she dispelled the idea of traveling when she saw the news of the crowding on the Internet.
Although she wanted to take advantage of the holidays to take a break from working for a major Internet company in Beijing, she no longer wanted to "when the school year started, my classmates were discussing where to travel, and my children could only listen to others with envy." Therefore, even if the holiday was crowded, Liu Ru also made up her mind to plan to start from Kunming and then to Dali and Maitreya.
Although there are many unsatisfactory holiday trips, "the happiness of a family playing together cannot be measured by cost performance." Liu Ru said.
Dual-income families like Liu Ru find it difficult to take long vacations to take their children on winter and summer vacations, and statutory holidays such as "May Day" and "Eleventh" have become the best time to accompany children to go out to play.
In recent years, watching short videos has become the norm for people's daily entertainment, and more and more Internet celebrity attractions have become the filming locations of short videos. There is time for the holiday, and weekday viewers also want to go to these attractions to take a look, post a dynamic or take a short video to check in.
"Thinking about the prosperity of the ancient capital for thousands of years, I am looking forward to it. Zhang Ning, who likes to watch short videos, plans to go to Luoyang with his girlfriends during the May Day holiday this year, "If you are sensible enough, you can choose not to go out, but the result may be that you will feel very lonely when you watch the lively scenes in the circle of friends, Weibo, and news." So, I want to wear a beautiful Hanfu to see the peony and become the heroine in the video. ”
Relax with a holiday trip
"Looking at the fireworks in the world in a different place, the meaning of travel is not in the scenic spot, not at the end, but on the road. Xiao Chen, who has just worked for a year, made an appointment with his college classmates to go to Fanjing Mountain in Guizhou during the "May Day" holiday.
"It is often said that the poetry and distance we yearn for are actually other people's daily life, as there is no winter and summer vacation 'social people', travel is a good medicine to heal the soul, let yourself temporarily stop in the busy life, enjoy freedom. "There must always be one on the road in the body and mind, which is the concept that Xiao Chen has always adhered to.
The reporter interviewed and learned that the new generation of professionals like Xiao Chen are also willing to use the holiday to start the "road to explosive reform", have enough fun at the music festival site, take a rest with pet camping, and challenge the mountains that have never reached the top...... Remove the "class smell" from the body. These "explosive reform" methods have also driven the search popularity of concerts and music festivals during the "May Day" holiday to rise sharply, and the number of booking orders for mountain scenic spots has achieved a high growth.
In the interview, some people also said that the holiday is crowded with people everywhere, and watching the scenery has become watching people's heads, and the time on the road is too difficult, so this year's "May Day" holiday will not go anywhere, just read books, run, and drink tea near home. But there are also concerns that if you stay at home for the whole holiday, it will be boring, and it may also cause unnecessary friction and conflict with relatives and friends. Therefore, even if you know that traveling will be crowded, you still choose to travel.
Just like birthdays and anniversaries, tourism is increasingly becoming an attitude and ritual of life. At these special junctures, get away from the hustle and bustle of life with your family and friends and explore new worlds. This sense of ritual not only brings a sense of spiritual relaxation, but also strengthens the relationship with family and friends. It doesn't matter where you go or how much you spend, who you have around you matters. After many years, when you look through the travel photos of the holiday, the memories will become a souvenir of accompanying the children, honoring the elderly, and falling in love with each other.
Psychological counselor Wang Yu believes that when people are tired and sleepy, or temporarily tired of the repetitive and surrounding life, from familiar places to unfamiliar places, the fresh scenery along the way, the ease of zero work pressure, the time, space and role transformation from making money to support the family to consumers, make people's mood feel greatly relaxed and happy, and also better devote themselves to work and study in the future.
Do a good job in the reception of peak passenger flow
According to data, in 2024, the search popularity of domestic air tickets on May Day will increase by nearly 20% year-on-year. Industry insiders expect that the upcoming "May Day" holiday will be more popular than last year, and the number of tourists is expected to hit a new high.
The continued popularity of holiday tourism has put forward higher requirements for scenic spots, tourism enterprises and government departments. Xu Yanli, director of the International Exchange and Cooperation Office of the China Institute of Labor Relations and dean of the School of Hotel Management, said in an interview with reporters that improving the quality of tourism services, strengthening the safety protection of scenic spots, efficiently handling tourist complaints and feedback, and striving to provide a comfortable environment for tourists are the top priorities of the current scenic spots to cope with the peak of holiday passenger flow.
In the face of the upcoming "May Day" passenger flow, Xu Yanli suggested that tourism practitioners around the country must prepare for the reception peak in advance. On the one hand, it is necessary to allocate sufficient supplies and personnel in advance according to the surge in order volume to ensure that the reception level is not excessively reduced. On the other hand, the staff is trained in advance, and when the service reception capacity is insufficient, the satisfaction of tourists is improved with a good service attitude.
For the competent authorities, Xu Yanli believes that on the one hand, it is necessary to issue a notice in advance, put forward service quality requirements for the person in charge of the tourism reception unit, clarify the responsibility, and guide it to deal with tourist complaints in a timely and serious manner; on the other hand, smooth consultation and complaint channels, so that the opinions of tourists can reach the management department in a timely manner, so that the problem can be quickly resolved.
In order to avoid excessive crowding, some industry insiders suggested that traditional festivals, such as the Chung Yeung Festival, the Winter Solstice, the Laba Festival, etc., as well as special summer holidays, can be added to increase the statutory holidays in the second half of the year, optimize the connection between supply and demand, and improve the people's leisure and tourism experience.