Many Chinese Seek Family-friendly Travel
For this year’s Children’s Day on June 1, Deng Mo and his wife drove their son to the city of Suzhou, about 100 kilometers from Shanghai, where the family lives.
Many parents ________ spent the weekend with their children, according to a major online travel agency, Ctrip. The platform says ________ for family-friendly hotels increased nearly 60 percent year-on-year that weekend. Sanya, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Suzhou were among the top destinations.
Over 70 percent of parents travelling with children chose short-distance tours, and more than 80 percent took high-speed railways or drove. Family-friendly tours ________ up to 60 percent of domestic and overseas travel, a China Tourism Academy survey says. More than 80 percent of ________ believe travelling with children can bring joy to the whole family, and 96 percent express interest in such tours.
Deng has previously taken his son to Japan and Thailand. “It wasn’t ________ to travel with a 3-year-old,” Deng says. “He had a lot of ________ more than we did.” During their vacation in Japan, for example, his son fell sick, and the parents had to stay in the hotel for a whole day. Still, Deng hopes such tours will ________ his boy’s horizons.
Many parents ________ such trips as educational. Shanghai-based online travel agency Lvmama reports that bookings for tours involving museums has increased.
Shanghai resident Ji Hongjuan enjoys taking her 12-year-old daughter, Wen Lan, to China’s ________ sites and museums. In the past few years, they have visited such places as the Palace Museum, the Shaanxi History Museum, and the Nanjing Museum.
“I usually ask my daughter to be my ________ ,” Ji says.
“She searches for information about where we will visit and takes me there, which I think is a great way to ________ her curiosity.”
The family-travel market will continue to grow during the summer vacation from July to August, Ctrip and Lvmama ________
Ji Hongjuan plans to take her daughter to Sichuan Province, where they’ll visit the Chengdu Du Fu Thatched Cottage Museum and the Chengdu Wuhou Shrine because her daughter loves ________ Chinese poetry.
China Tourism Academy head Dai Bin says the market has great ________ . “Our surveys show many parents complain about destinations being too crowded during public holidays,” he says. “Over 40 percent say they’ re looking for more ________ travel products.”
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46. A.bookings | B.prices | C.sales | D.customers |
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