Tongcheng Travel's HOPEGOO Offers Limited-time Hong Kong to Ganzhou High-speed Rail Ticket Discounts, Expanding the 3-hour Travel Ecosystem in GBA
HONG KONG, Sept. 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- As the "Golden Week" approaches, Tongcheng Travel (Stock Code: 0780.HK), through its global travel booking platform, HOPEGOO, has joined hands with the Ganzhou Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, and Tourism to launch a special program titled "High-speed Rail Journey to Discover the Beauty of Ganzhou" to offer a range of discounts on high-speed rail tickets, hotel accommodations, and scenic area entrance tickets. Travelers from Hong Kong can purchase Hong Kong-Ganzhou high-speed rail tickets, hotels, and scenic spots tickets through the HOPEGOO platform using WeChat Pay and Alipay HK mini-programs. HOPEGOO is offering discount vouchers of HK$30 to HK$50 for Hong Kong–Ganzhou high-speed rail tickets as well as accommodation discounts of HK$30 for hotel bookings over HK$300, along with additional HK$10 vouchers to fully meet travelers' needs.
Short trips to mainland cities have become a popular holiday choice for many residents in Hong Kong, and cities within the "3-hour" travel ecosystem has emerged as primary short-distance leisure destinations for travelers in the Greater Bay Area. Among these, Ganzhou in Jiangxi Province is a popular city. According to data from Tongcheng Travel, almost all direct high-speed rail tickets from Hong Kong West Kowloon Station to Ganzhou for the period from September 26 to October 3 have sold out, highlighting the booming tourism demand to visit Ganzhou.
Ganzhou is the largest city by area and population in Jiangxi Province. It is recognized as a national historical and cultural city, an excellent tourist city in China, a national civilized city, and a national forest city. It is also one of the main settlements of the Hakka people, often referred to as the "Cradle of Hakka Culture." Hong Kong travelers interested in exploring Ganzhou can plan their trips and make reservations early on the HOPEGOO platform.
The Ganzhou Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, and Tourism has stated that the city is actively developing its cultural and tourism resources, represented by themes such as "Red Historic Capital, Cradle of Hakka Culture, Jiangnan Song City, and Sacred Place of Yangming." The Bureau aims to combine these cultural and tourism resources with the travel habits of visitors from the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area. By leveraging the HOPEGOO platform, they are creating themed travel products under the banner of "High-speed Rail Journey to Discover the Beauty of Ganzhou."
HOPEGOO is Tongcheng Travel's international online travel booking platform, offering services in six major domains: flight tickets, hotel bookings, train tickets, attraction tickets, ferry tickets, and local activities. The platform supports payments in 16 different currencies and provides multiple operating languages to cater to a global audience.
About Tongcheng Travel Holdings Limited (HKSE Stock Code: 0780.HK)
Tongcheng Travel is a one-stop shop for users' travel needs. With the mission "make travel easier and more joyful", Tongcheng Travel offers a comprehensive and innovative selection of products and services covering nearly all aspects of travel, including transportation ticketing, accommodation reservation, tourist attraction ticketing, and products including package tour, self-guided tour and cruise, including a wide array of transportation and leisure travel scenarios primarily through its online platforms, which comprise its Tencent-based platforms, its proprietary mobile apps, quick apps and other channels.
As a technology-driven company, Tongcheng Travel leverages big data and AI capabilities to better understand the preferences and behaviors of users, thereby offering users customized products and services. Tongcheng Travel has a strategic focus on lower-tier cities in China and seized opportunities there supported by its diversified traffic sources, product innovation capability and flexible operation strategies. Through the in-depth understanding of user experience and advanced technological capabilities, Tongcheng Travel has been revolutionizing what consumers expect from the online travel industry, making the entire travel process more convenient, personalized and enjoyable than ever. Tongcheng Travel aims to develop and apply its advanced technology to transform from an online travel agency to intelligent travel assistant.
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