(Yicai Global) Dec. 30 -- Chinese electric car startup WM Motor Technology and online travel agency Trip.Com Group have released a list of the country’s 10 best glamping, or glamorous camping, sites to latch onto the new fad.

Campsites with amenities, and often resort-like services, in Shanghai’s Dianshan Lake and Huzhou’s Mogan Mountain, were among the top ten that were selected based on their general environment, ancillary resources, accessibility, user evaluations and influence index, according to the ranking released by the pair yesterday.

Glamping attracts the same young, trendy consumers who opt for new energy vehicles, according to Shanghai-based WM Motor. The cars’ reverse charging function can also solve lighting issues for glampers, it added.

Glamping bookings jumped almost six-fold in October from the same period in 2019, and there were over 100,000 searches for such trips, according to Trip.Com. Posts about glamping holidays on Xiaohongshu shot up 10 times last month from January, the lifestyle platform said.

WM Motor logged a 66.57 percent jump in sales in November from a year ago to 5,027 vehicles. It shifted 39,095 units in the first eleven months, nearly double from the same period last year. But it still lags behind peers Nio, Xpeng Motors and Li Auto and is looking for ways to catch up.

Editor: Kim Taylor