The world is changing faster and faster, but women are becoming more determined.
On March 6, a female travel report released by Qunar Travel showed that in the past year (March 2025-March 2026), the number of women choosing to stay in hotels alone increased significantly by 63% year-on-year, and the number of women traveling alone by plane also increased by 34%. Compared with men, women fly more economically and live more comfortably. The average hotel price paid by women is 20% higher than that of men.
Women on a solo trip don’t need complicated preparations to set off. They only need an air ticket of their own and a hotel room that only they can stay in.
In the past year, the most popular cities for hotel stays and flight destinations were still large cities with both business and travel attributes such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. It is worth mentioning that the number of women choosing to stay in hotels alone increased significantly by 63% year-on-year.
Judging from the increase in hotel check-in cities, in the past year, women on solo trips have turned their attention to niche cities around them. Data shows that in Chongzuo, Weifang, Handan, Puyang, Ziyang, Lishui, Haikou, Putian, Linfen, and Jiuquan, the number of women staying in hotels alone has nearly doubled.
Among the increases in female solo trip routes in 2026, short-distance routes will lead the country. Data shows that in the past year, the fastest growing route was Chengdu-Lijiang. In just one weekend, with a one-way flight of 1.5 hours and a round-trip ticket as low as 600 yuan, the "Chengdu Girl" flew to the romantic Lijiang, driving a nearly 50% year-on-year increase in route ticket volume. The Nanjing-Guangzhou route followed closely, with an increase of more than 40%, becoming a popular choice for cross-city roaming.
In terms of outbound travel, in the past year, the number of women traveling alone by air has also increased by 34% year-on-year. The most popular flight routes are still from first-tier cities to neighboring countries such as Thailand and South Korea, as well as China, Hong Kong and Macao. The TOP10 includes Shanghai-Seoul, Beijing-Seoul, Shanghai-Jeju Island, Hangzhou-Seoul, Qingdao-Seoul, Beijing-Hong Kong, China, Guangzhou-Seoul, Shanghai-Bangkok, Shanghai-Hong Kong, China, and Guangzhou-Bangkok. In terms of growth rate, Yantai-Seoul increased by 1.6 times, Guangzhou-Chiang Mai and Hangzhou-Seoul increased by 1.3 times, Shanghai-Busan increased by 1.2 times, and Tianjin-Seoul increased by 1.2 times.
Jiupai News Reporter Li Yang Li Kai
Editor Wan Xuan Fu Shan
