Vacations in Hawaii, Mexico and other places are popular. But with the opening of North Central California, Californians can avoid flying and be safer. (Courtesy of Jay)
Governor Newsom (Gavin Newsom) on January 25 loosened the statewide Home evacuation order, happy to reopen in compliance with the Epidemic prevention regulations, in addition to many restaurant and entertainment operators, hotel operators are also busy reopening accommodation and catering business. According to the tourism industry, people have been traveling after “holding back for a year,” and weekend vacations in Central California and other places that have just opened are especially popular. The Chinese tourists who went skiing just after the opening last weekend said, “I have never seen so many people at the ski resort.
The ski resorts of Mammoth Mountain and Lake Tahoe and mountain towns, which are essential for winter vacations, also reopened their hotel accommodation services on the 25th of last month, and many Southern California tourists flocked to start their ski trips.
Because the ski area itself has not been closed, Mr. Liu, who lives in Irvine, went to ski at Elephant Mountain a few times before the reopening, and drove to a farther town to look for youth hostel accommodation at night. The weekend after the reopening on the 25th (Jan. 30 and 31), “people were superb, the road was full of people” and “I had never seen so many people at the ski resort, lining up to go up the mountain. He waited for 40 minutes for the first lift in the morning, and his legs hurt from waiting. But I’m glad that my friend who went with me booked the accommodation last year, so the price didn’t change, if I had booked on the spot, it would have been very expensive. He said he was ready to go back this week because it was not snowing this week, so he thought the traffic would be normal.
Although the government canceled the home order on January 25, the major scenic spots took a few days to prepare. For example, Death Valley Lodge reopened last Friday, and the campground at Joshua Tree National Park reopened last Thursday. Some forests in Yosemite were affected by winter storms and are still being cleared, with some roads impassable due to fallen trees, but some hotels are expected to open this week.
In addition to skiing, other activities such as eating, drinking and horseback riding have also been launched. Jay, a Chinese-American traveler, said, “Everyone can’t hold it in,” and now some people are going to Hawaii, Vegas, and also to Mexico for a trip. But since many travelers are still more afraid to take the plane, tend to drive can reach the place. Some resorts in Central California are currently open with notice, thus becoming the first choice for a two-day weekend getaway. Most people are staying at the resorts for a change of beautiful surroundings, eating and drinking, horseback riding, outdoor activities, etc. The resorts are currently open for fitness and pools at the resorts with limited numbers, except for the Spa service which is still suspended.
Jay said that most of the people who go out to play now are young people between 25 and 35 years old, not old and not young to live on their own, but also not afraid of viruses. Older customers are still afraid of Family infection, so they do not dare to travel.
Even though the number of people traveling now is slightly less than before the epidemic, he also said that although small budget hotels will be cheaper, but a penny is worth a pound, and now a better accommodation hotel is actually not cheap. After all, good hotels pay more attention to epidemic prevention and higher human and material costs. Many hotels, in order to prevent epidemics, are a room occupied, to empty 24 hours before allowing others to move in. The price is a little cheaper, but not too much. “Those who can’t afford it can’t afford it”.
But want to go out and play and be assured, this Time do not care too much about the price, choose a good hotel, can be 20% to 30% cheaper than usual is good, do not expect half price and so on.
In addition to resorts, public scenic areas that are currently reopened include all state park campgrounds, but you need to go to reservecalifornia.com to find them in advance. Parts of Yosemite National Park, Death Valley National Park, Joshua Tree National Park, Channel Islands National Park, and the hotel industry in Palm Springs have also reopened, and the San Diego Zoo is open for guests.
A large number of skiers are waiting in line to enter.
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