Train tickets to some of the most popular destinations for this year's May Day holiday sold out the moment they became available, causing platforms to temporarily crash, foretelling an explosive holiday season starting on May 1. Apart from railway travels, China's domestic civil aviation industry has also come up with a vengeance, based on bookings for the coming holiday. According to the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), the five-day May Day holiday will "fully release" the transportation demand in China that had been previously suppressed by the pandemic.
今年前往一些最受欢迎的目的地的五一车票一经推出就被抢购一空，导致网站暂时崩溃，预示着从5月1日开始将出现一个爆炸性的旅游季。除铁路旅行外，从即将到来的黄金周的机票预订情况来看，中国民航业也迎来了复苏。据中国民航总局（CAAC），为期五天的五一黄金周假期将使中国民航业前期因新冠疫情受到抑制的运输需求得到“全面释放”。
（Overcrowded Hankou railway station)
Forecast data shows that the total number of people traveling on May Day holiday this year will reach 300 million people, hitting an all-time high. In the "retaliatory" travel craze after the epidemic, May 1st, the first day of May Day Golden Week, topical attractions in China welcome the peak of foot traffic. Tourists in Luoyang Longmen Grottoes, Shandong Mount Tai scenic spot, Beijing South Luogu Lane are around a swelling crowd, hard to move in a seething mass of arms and legs. Many people have sighed: "Courage is very needful when you travel in the holiday." Since the cost is not small, and there's a buzz at the scenic spots on May Day, why do so many people choose to travel?
预测数据显示，今年五一出行总数将达3亿人次，创下历史新高。在疫后“报复性”出游的热潮下，5月1日，五一黄金周首日，全国多地热门景点迎来客流高峰，洛阳龙门石窟、山东泰山景区、北京南锣鼓巷都是人山人海，游客寸步难行，行进间摩肩接踵。许多人纷纷感叹：“假期旅游真的需要勇气。”那么在花费并不小，并且景区开启看人头模式的五一，为何那么多人选择出游呢？
(Zhenru ancient town, Shanghai）
The World Tourism Organization (WTO) defines tourism as an activity in which a person travels for leisure, recreation, business and other purposes to a place other than his or her usual place of residence and stays there for a period no more than one year. The main purpose of such travel is engaging in some unpaid activity in the place visited. According to the definition of tourism, the tourist activity should have the following characteristics: absence of stress, departure from the trajectory of everyday life, better condition to normal life. So for the sake of quality of life, tourism can be considered as an indispensable necessity of life, rather than a luxury.
世界旅游组织（WTO)将旅游定义为一个人出于休闲，娱乐，商务及其他目的旅行到一个其惯常居住环境以外的地方并逗留不超过一年时间的活动，这种旅行的主要目的是在到访地从事某种不获得报酬的活动。根据旅游的定义，旅游活动应该具有以下特点:无压力，脱离日常生活轨迹，为了以更好的状态回归正常生活。所以出于对生活质量的追求，旅游可以被视为一种不可或缺的生活必需品，而不是生活中的奢侈品。
This year, Generation Z’s May Day travel bookings rose more than 570% year-on-year, the growth rate ranking first. Young people’s domination makes this year's May Day play different. During May Day holiday, more than 20 music festivals will be held all over the country, many music festivals landing in tourist cities. With the popularity of Sanxingdui site, humanities archaeology tours are also becoming a trend. Archaeology, museums and cultural sites and other related goods booking volume rose more than 15 times year-on-year on the platform. The Sichuan Guanghan Sanxingdui Museum, Shaanxi History Museum, Beijing National Museum, Shanghai Science and Technology Museum, Xi'an Forest of Stone Steles Museum, etc. are frequently searched.
今年，00后五一旅游预订量同比涨超570%，增速排名第一。年轻人当道使得今年五一的玩法也发生了改变，五一长假期间，全国各地将举办20余场音乐节，多场音乐节落地到旅游城市。随着三星堆遗址走红，人文考古游也渐成风潮。平台上，考古、博物馆及文化遗址等相关商品预订量同比涨超15倍，四川广汉三星堆博物馆、陕西历史博物馆、北京国家博物馆、上海科技馆、西安碑林博物馆等搜索热度较高。
（Xiangyang Museum）
All in all, the essence of travel is to escape from the usual life, release stress and meet the innate needs of people. Therefore, it is no wonder that everyone has chosen to travel on May Day.
总的来说，旅游的本质就是逃离惯常生活，释放压力，满足人与生俱来的需要。所以，这也难怪大家都纷纷选择在五一出游啦。
Date: May 4, 2021
