Sina Technology News reported on the evening of July 24 that the Paris Olympics will open on July 26. According to Flying Pig data, since July, air ticket reservations to France have increased by more than 70% compared to last year, French hotel reservations have increased more than 1.5 times compared to last year, and the turnover of visa processing services to France has increased more than 1.4 times compared to last year. Marseille and Bordeaux, which are also “Olympic cities,” are also popular among Chinese tourists. Since July, the number of airline tickets booked by Flying Pigs to Marseille and Bordeaux has doubled.
According to data from Tongcheng Travel Platform, the popularity of flight ticket reservations from major domestic cities to Paris increased by more than 150% in the first week of the opening of the Olympics, and the popularity of hotel reservations in central Paris increased more than fourfold over the same period last year. In the first week of the opening of the Olympics, the average price of air tickets from major domestic cities to Paris increased by more than 40% over the previous month.
According to relevant data from the Tongcheng Travel Platform, when the Olympics are combined with the peak summer travel season, travel popularity in Paris, France and its cities will continue to rise from late July to early August. The average price of hotels in central Paris will remain relatively high, and the average price of flight tickets from major domestic cities to Paris will increase by more than 10% compared to June. Popular departure cities for domestic trips to major French destinations such as Paris during the Olympics include Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Chongqing, Chengdu, Xiamen, Hangzhou, Wuhan, Shenzhen, and Nanjing.