It’s also a festival of the year when colorful folk customs welcome the Dragon Boat Festival.

CCTV News:Tomorrow (June 22nd) is the Dragon Boat Festival holiday. The reporter learned from china tourism academy that this year’s Dragon Boat Festival holiday, the number of tourists is expected to exceed the level of the same period in 2019, reaching 100 million, and the holiday trips will mainly focus on Zhou Bianyou and short-distance tours.

Following the unexpected release of the "May Day" labor holiday tourism demand, the market demand for Dragon Boat Festival holiday tourism is in a warm period. The reporter learned from a number of platforms that during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday this year, the average price of hotels and air tickets in China and many popular destinations will be lower than that during the May Day holiday. Beijing, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Chengdu and Qingdao will become popular tourist destinations in China.

Dai Bin, Dean of china tourism academy:We predict that there will be 100 million people traveling during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday this year, and there will be 37 billion yuan in tourism consumption. What does this data mean? This means that compared with the same period last year, the number of tourists will increase by 30%, while tourism consumption will increase by 43%.

China tourism academy predicted that tourists from Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the Yangtze River Delta, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and Chengdu-Chongqing urban agglomerations will circulate and interact, and a "three-hour golden tourism circle" will be formed around major tourist cities, and the popularity of tourist resorts such as Beidaihe, Songshan and Conghua will gradually become apparent.

Dai Bin, Dean of china tourism academy:Because (Dragon Boat Festival holiday) only lasts for three days, compared with "May 1" Labor Day (holiday), it is mainly short-distance travel, mainly in Zhou Bianyou; Self-driving, individual travel, family, parent-child, study and summer vacation will become the key words of holiday travel.

Shunde, Guangdong: Colorful boats compete for beauty to welcome the Dragon Boat Festival "Night Dragon Tour"

It is also a traditional festival of Dragon Boat Festival, with dumplings and dragon boat races, which has long been a lively scene all over the country. This year, the dragon boat race held in Shunde is unique and eye-catching. What kind of dragon boat race is it? Now let’s take a look with the reporters at the reception desk.

General Station reporter Qu Baiyu:This is Ronggui Street in Shunde, Guangdong. Usually, people watch dragon boats faster than others. Today, I want to show you Bimei.

At the competition site, gongs and drums were loud, waves splashed and dragon boats fought brightly. Ten dragon boats from various clubs in Rong Gui decorated their bodies with gongs and drums, umbrellas and colored lights, and they "dressed up" for a trip to show their slender posture. "Night Dragon Tour" is rare in Guangdong, which is a unique feature of traditional dragon boat culture in Rong Gui. Different from the traditional Youlong, the night dragon with lights in Rong Gui not only retains traditional elements such as gongs, drums and umbrellas, but also uses LED lights to decorate the dragon boat, innovating the form of dragon boat competition, and skillfully blending water, lights and music.

Putian, Fujian: colorful folk customs of "dragon boat climbing" at sea welcome the Dragon Boat Festival.

As the Dragon Boat Festival approaches, Fujian will carry out special folk activities in many places. These two days, in Dongpu Town, Putian City, a huge sea dragon boat race was staged.

In Putian, Fujian, dragon boat racing is also called "dragon climbing boat". On the morning of 19th, Jicheng Village, Dongpu Town, Putian City ushered in a lively Dragon Boat Climbing. On the sea, the dragon boat players follow the rhythm of drums and raise their arms to paddle hard. On the beach, citizens and tourists shouted for fun, and the scene was crowded and lively.

Tourist Liao Kajia:I like watching the Dragon Boat Festival in China very much, because it is very lively and crowded, and it is very comfortable to watch together.

According to reports, during the Dragon Boat Festival, in addition to the dragon boat race at sea, villagers in Jicheng Village will also hold dragon dances and flower drums, and the folk performance team consisting of thousands of people will stretch for miles, which is very spectacular.

Putian citizen Li Jianhuang:We rushed back to our hometown from Yunnan for the traditional Dragon Boat Festival, and we were very happy. One is to unite everyone’s cohesion, and the other is to carry forward traditional culture.

It is understood that Putian has a wide range of rivers and waters, and the Dragon Boat Festival is the most important local folk activity every year. This year, Putian Dragon Boat Race Folk Games will span many counties and districts and will last until the beginning of July.

Henan Dragon Boat Festival: Drum-beating and Paddling Dragon Boat Race for the Dragon Boat Festival.

With the approach of the Dragon Boat Festival, a Dragon Boat Culture Festival was held in Zhumadian City, Henan Province these days, and everyone welcomed the Dragon Boat Festival by way of dragon boat race.

At the Dragon Boat Culture Festival in Zhumadian City, Henan Province, the 200-meter straight race and the 300-meter straight race were set up in the dragon boat competition. On the field, drums were rumbling and cheering, and Qi Xin, a 12-player dragon boat team, joined forces to paddle and cut waves and compete. The dragon boat race attracted many citizens and tourists to watch it. People took pictures by video and recorded wonderful moments.

Meng Xin ‘ai, a citizen of Zhumadian, Henan:Everyone wants to stick to the traditional culture, so everyone is very supportive of this movement and hopes to hold more such activities in the traditional culture in the future.