From January 8, 2023, nucleic acid and centralized isolation for all staff will no longer be carried out after entry. This is at around 23:00 on the evening of December 26, the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council released the “Overall Plan for the Implementation of “Class B and B Control” for Novel Coronavirus Infection”, which involves an important optimization of entry and exit policies.
At present, China is still implementing “5+3” isolation measures for inbound personnel, that is, 5 days of centralized isolation + 3 days of home isolation. After the implementation of the latest plan, this centralized quarantine policy for entry, which had been in place for nearly three years, was cancelled. This means that various international business, study abroad, family visits, and travel personnel exchanges will be more convenient.
Even though it was approaching midnight, data from the online travel platform Qunar showed that within 15 minutes after the news was released, the instantaneous search volume for international air tickets increased by 7 times, and the popular destinations were Thailand, Japan and South Korea. In terms of inbound flights, the data provided by Fliggy to Travel Yike (ID: carcaijing) shows that the search volume for inbound flights has reached its peak in the past three years since the outbreak.
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“Inbound flights will be the first to break out.” Xiang Min, head of Fliggy’s air ticket business, said that with the optimization and adjustment of the entry-exit epidemic policy, everyone’s expectations for inbound and outbound travel will quickly be transformed into actions, and international flight bookings will be made soon. Minimum amount. At the same time, it is believed that the supply side will respond and adjust quickly, and airlines will increase their efforts to resume popular routes and add routes to emerging destinations after the epidemic until the supply and demand sides return to a balanced state again.
In addition to the centralized isolation policy for entry, measures to control the number of international passenger flights such as the “five ones” and passenger load factor restrictions have also been cancelled. The “five ones” have been implemented since April 2020. It means that an airline company only reserves one route in one country and operates only one flight a week, which limits the number of international flights and pushes up the price of international air tickets.
Lan Xiang, director of Qunar Big Data Research Institute, analyzed that compared with the average price before the epidemic, the current international air ticket price is still at a high level. With the gradual normalization of the supply and demand relationship of entry and exit air tickets, the overall price of international air tickets will gradually decrease.
A number of people who work and live overseas expressed their expectations for travel with Yike (ID: carcaijing): “I haven’t been back to my country for more than three years, and the air tickets cost tens of thousands of yuan. The various procedures before and after returning to China are complicated. Now I can finally It’s convenient to go back, and I miss the food and relatives and friends in China so much.” According to the latest requirements, people coming to China should undergo a nucleic acid test 48 hours before the trip, and those with a negative result can come to China.
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Customs clearance between Hong Kong and the mainland is also expected to be realized in January next year. The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Lee Ka-chao, announced on December 24 that the central government has agreed to the gradual and orderly realization of comprehensive “customs clearance” between Hong Kong and the Mainland, which is expected to be gradually and orderly implemented by mid-January next year.
The “Plan” also clearly stated that the outbound travel of Chinese citizens should be resumed in an orderly manner. According to the data provided by the same journey travel platform to Xingyike (ID: carcaijing), the top three overseas destinations that Chinese tourists pay most attention to are: Japan, South Korea, and Thailand. The main search users for outbound travel are from Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.
Qunar platform data shows that since December, the booking volume of international hotels is gradually increasing. Among them, Macao and Hong Kong, which have relatively friendly cross-border policies, and overseas countries with visa-on-arrival and visa-free, are the first choice for domestic tourists. From the data point of view, the number of Macau hotel reservations on the Qunar platform has doubled from the beginning of December, and the overseas hotel reservations in the Philippines, France, and Thailand have increased significantly, and the Philippines has more than doubled. The number of tourists who want to go abroad to explore the world is gradually increasing .
Lan Xiang believes that for routes with a large number of flights, such as Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia, air ticket prices may rise. With the implementation of the policy and the restoration of the operating capacity of airlines, the summer of 2023 may usher in the peak of entry and exit.
However, many embassies and consulates in China have recently suspended visa services due to the epidemic, and the booming travel demand cannot be met for the time being. Institutions including the US Embassy in China (Beijing), the Belgian Embassy/Consulate in China, and the German Embassy in China (Beijing) all stated that due to the shortage of staff due to the epidemic, visa processing will be delayed.
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Looking ahead to 2023, airlines are actively planning international routes. For example, Juneyao Airlines announced that it will gradually resume the operation of all international routes and their corresponding weekly flights from 2023, including routes from Shanghai and Nanjing to Tokyo, Nagoya, Sapporo, Jeju Island, etc. Southeast Asian routes such as Bangkok, Phuket, Kalibo, etc. At the same time, Juneyao Airlines will also plan a number of long-range intercontinental routes, including Shanghai to Athens, Greece, Brussels, Belgium, Sydney, Australia, Melbourne, etc., and Zhengzhou to Milan, Italy, Paris, France, and New York, the United States.
Wang Yi, an analyst at Feichangzhun International Air Tickets, said that short-term international flights will not experience explosive growth, and the capacity of international routes will be gradually released. It is expected that there will be a big improvement in the summer of next year.
This article is from the WeChat public account “Travel One Guest” (ID: carcaijing) , author: Wang Jingyi, editor: Shi Zhiliang, 36 Krypton is authorized to publish.
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