(Yicai International) June 15 — Recent Chinese language highschool and faculty graduates have been driving home tourism as they plan to journey across the nation throughout the summer time holidays.

Journey orders from graduates between early June and the tip of August practically doubled in contrast with the identical interval final 12 months, in keeping with information from Chinese language on-line journey company Journey.Com, The Paper reported at this time.

Chinese language graduates choose to journey by prepare. In actual fact, in keeping with Journey.Com’s information, the variety of railway tickets booked by graduates is over thrice larger than that of air tickets.

China held its nationwide faculty entrance examination, often known as gaokao, from June 7 to June 9. Air tickets booked by individuals aged 17 to 19 for flights between June 9 and June 12 soared four-fold from every week earlier, in keeping with Qunar, one other Chinese language on-line journey company. Chengdu, Chongqing, Kunming, Shanghai, and Beijing had been among the many high locations.

Entrance tickets for scenic spots reserved by highschool and faculty graduates throughout this summer time season jumped over 3.5-fold from a 12 months earlier, Journey.Com’s information confirmed. Though some scenic spots have been providing free tickets to gaokao college students, theme parks are nonetheless their most popular vacation spot.

Editor: Futura Costaglione