Driving homes away from home
China's recreational-vehicle market is booming as the country has brought COVID-19 under control, Yang Feiyue reports.
Travelers can enjoy RV experiences at a campsite at Chuishan Mountain in Jiangsu province's Zhenjiang.
The agency offers "seamless service "that includes taking travelers to the campsite, general manager Zhang Huaming says.
Although most agencies merely rent RVs for business operations, they'll move toward shared development with the RV industry in the future, experts say.
Jiangsu Culture International will actively explore the market and roll out more products to satisfy new demand, Zhang says.
Campsite operators have also been upgrading their offerings.
The Chuishan RV campsite has integrated with the Chuishan Mountain scenic spot's natural landscape. It offers 150 various lots, wood cabins and tree houses in the forest. Visitors can enjoy gourmet food, leisure and entertainment programs.
Nanjing's Tangshan Campsite offers hot springs.
Most of the RVs at Tangshan Campsite were booked during weekends and holidays, campsite general manager Chen Yongxian says.
Chen believes campsites should be more than places for RVs to get electricity and water, and discharge waste. They're also destinations that offer travelers a vacation.
RV-tour bookings grew by 120 percent in July, Alibaba Group's online travel arm, Fliggy, reports.
All of the 2,000 RVs from the SAIC MAXUS Automotive RV Technology Co in Shanghai were booked two weeks before the National Day holiday, according to Yang Songbai, the company's general manager.
Guanshan Grassland in Shaanxi province, the Duku Highway in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Fengxian district in Shanghai, Huairou district in Beijing and Yunnan province's Kunming-Dali-Lijiang route were among the most popular RV destinations, Shanghai-based Trip.com Group reports.
