The epidemic has been raging for more than three years, and the mask order will be lifted this month. After Hong Kong returns to normal, the first Easter holiday is approaching. The cherry blossoms in Japan are in full bloom during the tourist season. The tourism industry announced good news today (2nd).
Zongyou revealed that there are nearly 300 people applying for the tour every day. "It feels like our customers are chasing us to sign up." For example, Hong Kong people love to visit Japan. The asking price of the day tour exceeded 16,000 yuan, which was a 60% increase compared to 2019. It was still "full", so registration could only be suspended in advance.
As for Dongying Tour, it revealed that there were more than 80 tour groups with a total of 2,000 people going to Japan during the long holiday, and the business volume soared by 30% compared to the Lunar New Year.
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Vertical and Horizontal Tour: It feels like our guests are chasing us to sign up
The tourism industry in Hong Kong is gradually recovering. Yuan Zhenning, executive director of Zongyou, said that before the epidemic, there were about 300,000 Hong Kong people traveling abroad during Easter, and the number has not yet recovered. More than a thousand people set off. Compared with the nearly 300 regiments before the epidemic, the number is not surprising, but it can be called prosperous.
However, if he compared the recent Christmas and Chinese New Year, he observed that the customers were obviously more excited. Nearly 300 people signed up for the tour every day, and many of them signed up for trips worth more than 10,000 yuan. It’s time for Gu’s publicity, and it feels like a lot of customers are chasing us to sign up.”
The price group launched only 24 hours full of photos
For example, he pointed out that mid-to-long-term routes such as Dubai in the Middle East and Greece in Europe have registered customers, and even the "Orient Express" with a tour fee of tens of thousands of yuan was sold out within 24 hours after its launch; The asking price of more than 100,000 yuan has also formed a group, with a total of 20 people signing up.
He was overjoyed at the sales, "I have never seen such an exaggeration before, the more expensive the customers, the more they will like it."
Seats are tight during the Easter holidays, and the Osaka group on the 6th asks for 16,000 yuan
In Japan, the restriction on the number of Hong Kong flights will be lifted from March 1, but Yuan Zhenning revealed that the number of seats allocated by airlines is less than that of Christmas and Lunar New Year, and Hong Kong Express does not even have seats for a group of people. If it can be provided, other airlines can only choose the time of "early flight to early flight return" or "night flight to early flight return", and can only suspend registration in advance.
The price of air tickets during the Easter period is even more astonishing. He said that the round trip from Kyushu will cost more than 10,000 yuan, so the tour fee can only be increased accordingly. Taking the Osaka 6-day tour as an example, the asking price is more than 16,000 yuan .
Due to the lack of seats, customers could not be arranged to leave as scheduled. Zongyou could only inform them of refundable fees, or suggest to go to Portugal and other places with similar prices. I just want to go to Japan."
Checking the information, the price quoted by Easter travel agencies in 2019 is about 10,000 yuan for a five-day tour in Osaka. In other words, the price will increase by 60% this year.
Tour of Japan: Easter Osaka net airfare $8800
However, there are also travel agencies that have successfully obtained seats. Dongying Travel announced today (2nd) that it has cooperated with Japan Airlines to organize a special Easter Osaka charter tour group, which will depart on April 2 and 7 respectively. "Airport Return", a total of 400 seats are available.
The net air ticket and miscellaneous expenses for self-guided Osaka are only 8,800 yuan. As for the group itinerary, which includes many cherry blossom viewing spots, such as Himeji Castle and Osaka Castle Park, the asking price is about 14,000 yuan.
More than 80 groups with a total of 2,000 people from Hong Kong set off for cherry blossom viewing in Japan
Huen Kwok-chuen, executive director of EGL Tours, said that they had received a large number of inquiries from customers for travel during the Easter holiday, but they were limited by flight availability, so the cancellation of flight restrictions is great news.
Later, when it was learned that the airline could increase its capacity, it immediately launched a charter flight with Japan Airlines to enter the market.
He believes that the tourist atmosphere is hot, and it coincides with the cherry blossom season, which can set off another peak of tourism in Japan. He also revealed that there are more than 80 tour groups with a total of 2,000 people going to Japan during the Easter long holiday, and the business volume can increase by 30% compared to the Lunar New Year.
As for the business volume of other long-term routes, Southeast Asia and China routes, they all recorded growth. It is expected that the overall passenger volume in the second quarter will return to the half before the epidemic.
Flight restrictions in Japan｜Japan and South Korea 3.1 withdraw flight restrictions and arrange for Cathay Pacific to add 11 flights a week to Japan in April and May Travel to Japan｜150,000 Hong Kong people visited Japan in January and returned to 2019 level Ten tourists and one Hong Kong person Japan flight restrictions｜Cathay Pacific cancels 2 , Tokyo, Osaka and other flights in March are expected to return to normal on Easter
