Countdown to 2021: Laojun Mountain, Changbai Mountain, Snow Town, Mount Emei, skiing and New Year’s fireworks on the top of buzzwords (Picture provided by Ctrip)

CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- New Year’s holiday tourism has entered its peak booking period in the third week of December. Ctrip data shows that on New Year’s Day of 2021, domestic in-depth travel destinations have seen a 320% rise in popularity. Among them, the New Year’s Eve countdown at Chongqing Jiefangbei, the New Year’s Eve fireworks at Changlong in Zhuhai, the New Year’s Eve cruise at sea in Xisha, the New Year’s Eve hiking in Tibet at an altitude of 3,000 meters, the “first sunshine of 2021” in Fuyuan, the “East Pole of China”, and the splashing of water into ice in Aolu Guya Shilu Tribe at -50°C are all very popular among netizens. Many of them will be on their journey to meet 2021.

One experiencing “the splashing of water into ice” in freezing temperatures of -50°C (Picture provided by Ctrip’s contracted traveler@橙小橙)

Chongqing as a popular destination for a direct train ride to 2021

The rush of New Year’s Day flights will begin on December 31. Beijing users are the main buyers of flight tickets for New Year’s Eve. In Ctrip’s “Top 10 New Year’s Eve Flights 2021”, Beijing to Sanya, Harbin to Beijing and Beijing to Guangzhou rank the top three flights.

Top 10 New Year’s Eve Flights (Picture provided by Ctrip)

Many people choose to spend the New Year’s Eve by train. Ctrip data indicates that the peak of train travel for New Year’s Day will begin on December 30. Six major transport hubs, including Guangzhou, Changsha, Hangzhou, Harbin, Chongqing and Beijing, are the most popular.

Spending the New Year’s Eve by train (Picture provided by Ctrip)

Celebrating the New Year requires well-prepared. Many people want to bid farewell to 2020 and restart their lives in 2021. Fuyuan County of Heilongjiang (China’s East Pole), which welcomes the “first sunshine of 2021”, and Aolu Guya Shilu Tribe, which is like Northern Europe, are also hot for New Year’s Eve.

After Ding Zhen brought popularity to Litang, Wayashan in Hongya County, Sichuan became the dark horse for New Year’s Day ski tour trending, with a 747% increase in searching popularity. Ctrip data reveals that ski tour destinations such as Wayashan, Zhangjiakou, Harbin, Beijing and Mudanjiang (Snow Town) see the fastest rise in search popularity for New Year’s Day.

Hotter trending for skiing than hot spring (Picture provided by Ctrip)

Mid-December is already the peak season for hotel bookings on New Year’s Day. Ctrip data suggests that the most popular cities for hotel bookings on New Year’s Day are: Shanghai, Beijing, Hangzhou, Changsha, Nanjing, Sanya, Guangzhou, Xiamen, Chongqing, Harbin, Xi’an, Chengdu, Suzhou, Wuhan and Zhangjiakou. Hotel bookings tend to be popular in business districts, but on New Year’s Day there is also a shift from around universities and business districts to around popular scenic spots and around airports/train stations. During New Year’s holiday, prices of high-end hotels in popular cities will rise by an average of 20%. Hotels are the most expensive on the night of New Year’s Eve, with some cities seeing price increases of up to 35% or more.

Have you decided how you want to spend this New Year’s Eve? (Translated by Wang Huixin, Fathom Language Limited)