May Day dining, travel bookings up
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SHANGHAI’S tourism and catering market has shown strong momentum and vitality ahead of the May Day holiday based on bookings.
Hotpot chain Haidilao said yesterday that more than 100,000 tables at its 1,300-plus outlets nationwide had been reserved as of Sunday and the figure was still growing.
To prepare for the holiday market, it has launched several new dishes to offer diners a refreshing spring flavor.
These include a package of fungus, peach-flavored yogurt, and a mousse cake featuring popular anime series “Chibi Maruko-chan.”
Paigu niangao, or pork chops with rice cakes, a signature Shanghai dish cuisine, has also been added to the menu.
Venues have also been refreshed.
In Songjiang District, a traditional dining venue has been reshaped and replaced by tents.
The forest-like environment creates a holiday atmosphere and is a popular option.
“The camping site can accommodate more than 100 diners at a time, and there are no vacancies for the first day of the holiday,” said Xue Yongfang, head of the Haidilao camping site.
At Joy City in Jing’an District, the Starry Sky Bubble House under the iconic ferris wheel has become a new popular dining spot for the young generation.
Shanghai Spring Tour said the number of outbound travelers during the holiday had surged more than 300 percent from the same period last year based on its statistics, and the number of long-distance European tour groups had been equal to that of 2019.
Inbound tourism has also witnessed robust growth.
English speaking tour guide Chen Junjun has received foreign tour groups from France, Hungary and Vietnam since the Spring Festival and she will welcome a tour group from Vietnam to guide them in Shanghai and Zhouzhuang Water Town for the holiday.
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