“五一”出行热度持续升温

China’s tourism sector is seeing another booking frenzy ahead of the five-day May Day holiday， with long-haul domestic trips and outbound tours being particularly sought by visitors， industry players said.

Economy- class flight tickets on several popular routes are sold out and only business- class tickets are still available， said Beijing- based travel agency Qunar.

"Demand for travel during the May Day holiday this year has been strong， and there are insufficient flight tickets on some routes. We suggest that passengers wishing to travel pur- chase their flight tickets as soon as possible，" said Xiao Peng， a researcher with the big data research institute of Qunar.

The travel peak is expected to commence as early as Saturday， as some workers may take three days off， from April 28 to 30， to extend that into an eight-day-long holiday period.

Bookings of packaged tourism products such as group tours， self- driving tours and cruise voyages have been climbing， said Tuniu， a Nanjing， Jiangsu province-based online travel agency.

Shanghai; Beijing; Sanya， Hainan prov- ince; Nanjing， Jiangsu province; and Guang- zhou， Guangdong province are among the popu-

业内人士表示，为期五天的五一假期（5月1日—5日）临近，中国旅游业又迎来了一轮出行预订热潮，游客尤其青睐国内长途旅行和出境游。（剩余1155字）