Brief Analysis of Tourism Trend during the Golden Week Holiday in Shenzhen Airport
By CADAS, China Aviation Daily | Sep. 27, 2019
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In response to the high demands, Chinese airlines add more capacity during the Golden Week holiday. Based on the data of Shenzhen routes from September 26th to October 10th, this paper shows the observation on the tourism trend of Shenzhen Airport during the time.
This year, Shenzhen airport expects to operate 14,200 flights from September 26th to October 10th, among which more than 1,600 are international flights and 12,500 are domestic flights, offering 3,240,000 seats. The capacity grow significantly compared with last year.
From September 26th to October 10th, passenger demands in Shenzhen airport increase by 31%, among which demands on domestic flights increase by 25% and demands on international flights increase by 66%. According to the data of passenger demands, October 1st is the peak time for domestic flights departures and arrivals, which indicates that Shenzhen has gradually become an important destination for domestic tourists. What's more, October 1st is the peak time for international outbound flights and October 7th is the peak time for international inbound flights.
Among the popular domestic destinations from Shenzhen Airport, Zhengzhou, Shanghai, Sanya, Hangzhou and Kunming show a significant increase in demands, with a growth rate of more than 30%. While among the popular international destinations from Shenzhen Airport, demands on Manila, London, Chiang Mai, Los Angeles and Osaka increase significantly, with a growth rate up to triple digits.
According to the sales and price data, for popular destinations from Shenzhen Airport, sales ranking of Xi'an, Zhengzhou, Wuxi, Hangzhou, Harbin, Jinan, Wuhan and Changchun has increased, but the price of these cities all decreases. Besides, average prices of flights to Chengdu, Tianjin, Shenyang, Haikou increase slightly. For popular international tourist destinations from Shenzhen Airport, sales ranking of Phnom Penh, Seoul, Manila, Sihanouk city and Hanoi rise, but there is a sharp drop in average prices of Sihanouk, Hanoi and Chiang rai. Additionally, Phnom Penh, Seoul and other cities show an increase in ticket price compared with last year.
It is worth to mention that as the core city of Greater Bay Area, more and more citizens choose Shenzhen to depart, which can also been seen from the data that resident passengers of Guangzhou and Hong Kong choosing to depart from Shenzhen increase by 4% and 7% respectively.
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