As students of all ages in China have started their summer vacation, “parent-child” travel welcomes its peak season, with museums being one of tourists’ top choices.
Data from online platforms Meituan and Dianping show that the search popularity of “museum” has increased by 61 percent month-on-month since June, with “Shaanxi History Museum”, “Shanghai Museum” and “National Museum of China” as related hot search phrases. The top five cities searched are Xi’an, Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu and Wuhan, with the highest proportion of search users aged 30 to 35.
According to the online travel platform Ctrip, the number of museum orders during summer vacation increased by more than 90 percent on a yearly basis. “Early bird tickets” for some exhibitions have also sold out early. For example, the 200,000 early bird tickets for The Civilization of Ancient Egypt exhibition at the Shanghai Museum, which went on sale on May 20, have been sold out by June 19, said the Shanghai Municipal Administration of Culture and Tourism.
The top ten museums with a high search index on the travel platform LY.com were the Palace Museum, Shaanxi History Museum, Shanghai Museum, Suzhou Museum, Luoyang Museum, Guanghan Sanxingdui Museum, Nanjing Museum, Guangdong Museum, Chengdu Museum and Henan Museum, the report said.
The popularity of museums has also triggered demand for nearby accommodations. According to Ctrip, The Civilization of Ancient Egypt exhibition at the Shanghai Museum has driven summer orders of nearby hotels to a 20 percent increase year-on-year. Data from homestay bookings and operating platform Tujia show that guest house bookings around museums nationwide jumped nearly two times compared with the same period last year. Beijing, Chengdu, Xi’an, Chongqing, Shanghai, Wuhan, Luoyang and Zhengzhou are the most popular cities for booking guest houses around museums in China, with Luoyang and Zhengzhou seeing the highest increase in bookings, both more than doubling over the same period last year. Summer bookings for guest houses around Guanghan Sanxingdui Museum jumped by more than 15 times year-on-year, the report said, adding that bookings of guest houses near Nanjing Museum and Shaanxi History Museum increased by nearly 1.5 times and 50 percent year-on-year, respectively.
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1.What’s the best subtitle for Para. 2?
A Cultural tours become popular among adults.
B Five hottest cities during summer vacation.
C The reason why people love museums.
D “Museum” becomes a trending topic.
解析：选D。D 段落大意题。根据第二段关键词“the search popularity of ‘museum’ has increased by 61 percent month-on-month since June”“as related hot search phrases”等可知，该段主要讲的是“博物馆”即相关词汇成热搜。故选D。
4.What can we know from the last paragraph?
A Chengdu sees the highest increase in guest house bookings.
B Guest house bookings nationwide jumped three times year-on-year.
C The Civilization of Ancient Egypt exhibition restricts house bookings.
D Hotel bookings near Nanjing Museum increased by about 1.5 times year-on-year.
解析：选D。D 细节理解题。根据最后一段的“bookings of guest houses near Nanjing Museum and Shaanxi History Museum increased by nearly 1.5 times and 50 percent year-on-year, respectively”可知，南京博物院周边民宿暑期预订量同比增长近1.5倍，陕西历史博物馆增长近50%。故选D。
