Big corporate headlines: Mid-Autumn Festival tourist numbers and revenue rebound; the U.S. House of Representatives believes the big four technology companies have a real monopoly

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Mid-Autumn National Day tourist numbers and income rebounded

Under.Data from the Department of Arts and TourismDuring this year's eight-day National Day holiday, the country received 637 million domestic tourists and realized domestic tourism revenue of 466.56 billion yuan, both less than last year's seven-day National Day holiday data.

According to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, according to the comparable calibre (7 days of data this year vs 7 days of last year), the number of national day tourists in 2020 was 21% lower than the same period last year, and tourism revenue was 30.1% lower than the same period last year. In addition, according to the Ministry of Transport, from October 1 to 8, the country's railways, highways, water routes and civil aviation sent an average of 62.115 million passengers a day, and the road is expected to carry 379 million passengers, with an average daily passenger volume of 47.37 million, down 30.93% from last year's holiday.

While macro statistics are not pretty good (the first and only real holiday of the year, after all), tourism and consumption are rebounding and recovering. Compare passenger and revenue growth for the first few holidays this year (both in a calibre):

Qingming: Passenger -61%, revenue -80%;
May Day: passengers -46%, revenue -63%;
Dragon Boat: Passenger -49%, Revenue -68%

Secondly, considering that the current national scenic spots are still in accordance with the epidemic prevention and control demand limit of 75%, mid-autumn, National Day travel data is not too ugly. In addition, the data statistics and friends circle people's view of the sea also seems to be not the same, which to a certain extent with the scenic area only sell tickets regardless of the tourism experience has a certain relationship. That is, after the current restrictions, the number of visitors is actually beyond the reception capacity of the scenic spot.

The U.S. House of Representatives considers the big four technology companies to have a real monopoly

After 16 months of work, the U.S. House antitrust investigation team used a 449-page report to report that the big four technology companies -- Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google -- had substantial monopolies. Think they've taken control in their respective areas and started acting as gatekeepers.

Big companies bring well-being to society, but society also pays a price. The big four technology companies have established rules in key areas such as e-commerce, Internet search, advertising, mobile devices and applications, and social networking, but often break the rules themselves to seek more corporate benefits. The House wants to change the status of these companies, both as athletes and as referees, and to build stadiums.

For example, amazon's market share in e-commerce is reported to be as high as 74% in some categories. and began to use this sheer size to silence competitors. For example, abuse of platform sellers' data to compete with competitors, blocking competitive advertising, etc.

An earlier dispute between Epic Game and Apple was also mentioned in the report. Apple has played a powerful role in this matter, prohibiting Epic from using its own payment channels to bypass the App Store's 30% commission.

The House of Representatives has proposed strengthening existing antitrust regulations and strengthening congressional oversight. The Judiciary Committee recognizes that the facts referred to in the report are in line with monopoly conditions, but it will take months or even years to move forward at the legislative level.

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