Global self-driving travel report: overseas self-driving travel has increased by nearly 40 times year-on-year

The report on global self-driving travel in the "National Day" holiday of 2023, released by global self-driving travel platform Rentcar, showed that during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday, domestic self-driving travel orders increased by 120% year on year, and outbound self-driving travel orders increased by 3980% year on year, a six-fold increase compared with the May Day holiday.

According to the report, Guangzhou ranked third among the most popular domestic destinations during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday, only second to Urumqi and Chengdu.In addition to popular destinations, more users are fond of "reverse tourism", with Yili, Yibin, Lingshui, Aksu, Qiqihar, Putian, Lianyungang, Zhangye, Chifeng and Pu'er seeing faster growth in tourist flows.

Internationally, popular destinations include Melbourne, Auckland, Bangkok, Christchurch, Dubai, London, Los Angeles, Sydney, Phuket and Milan.A number of smaller potential destinations are also sought after by Chinese tourists, such as Keflavík (Iceland), Bergen (Norway), Tbilisi (Georgia), Kayseri (Turkey), and Stavanger (Norway).

Thanks to the eight-day holiday, tourists have longer days to play and travel further. The average rental period of domestic rental cars increased by 0.62 days year on year last year, and that of international rental cars increased by 0.51 days year on year in 2019. It is worth noting that group travel has become a highlight. Girlfriends and brothers go on a trip with old friends, and relatives go on a family trip. They can not only share the fun of travel but also share the cost of the trip.During the holiday, the number of users who rent SUVs and MPVs has increased significantly, with SUVs up 62.4% and MPVs up 64.3%. "In the opinion of many car rental operators, renting SUVs or MPVs can enjoy more space, and carrying a friend can further share the road fee and control the cost of the trip," said the person in charge of the platform. The report also mentioned that this year's Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday, the self-driving pace is faster and more purposeful.During the holiday, tourists planned an average of about four cities (towns) for a self-driving trip, and the average stay time in each place was only 1.6 days. In terms of international, the global exotic and off-site return service greatly facilitates consumers, and the orders of exotic and off-site return service account for more than 34%.

Editor Ⅰ: Zhang Wenwen

Editor Ⅱ: Wu Dan

Editor Ⅲ: Liu Guosong