Making the '3 Days Leave for 13 Days Off' Travel Wave Land Smoothly
The Mid-Autumn and National Day holiday '3 days leave for 13 days off' strategy has drawn attention, with travel trends showing earlier booking cycles, a four-wave domestic travel pattern, and parallel growth in long-haul deep tours and county-level relaxed travel. Tuniu data shows some European long-haul group products sold out over a month in advance. GZL's report shows 8-11 day cross-province long-haul products became mainstream this year. Tongcheng Travel data shows that as of August 24, bookings for county-level destination travel products grew over 60% compared to July. The article suggests the industry respond with product innovation, coordinated governance for multi-wave passenger f…