China s May Day holiday travel rush sets new records
Passenger trips on Chinese railways hit a new single-day high
People thronging at railway stations, airports and tourist sites, crisscrossing provinces
Travel frenzy is giving China’s economy a powerful short-term boost
China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. announced that the passenger trips on Chinese railways hit a new single-day high on Saturday, with nearly 18.83 million trips recorded. The number shows a 9.2-percent increase from the 2019 level, the first day of the International Workers’ Day holiday, which runs through Wednesday.
The May Day travel rush in China signals the country’s stepped-up recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, success in containing the spread of coronavirus and its ongoing mass vaccination campaign, with people thronging at railway stations, airports and tourist sites, crisscrossing provinces.
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By Xinhua Published: May 04, 2021 01:25 PM
A tourist (C) poses for a group photo with performers at the Italian Style Area in Hebei District of north China s Tianjin, May 1, 2021. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)
The May Day travel rush in China signals the nation s stepped-up recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, with people thronging at railway stations, airports and tourist sites, criss-crossing provinces.
Passenger trips on Chinese railways hit a new single-day high on Saturday, with nearly 18.83 million trips recorded, according to data released by the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. The figure marks a 9.2-percent increase from the 2019 level, the first day of the International Workers Day holiday, which runs through Wednesday.
Passenger trips on Chinese railways hit a new single-day high Saturday as the May Day holiday kicked off, official data showed.
Nearly 18.83 million passenger trips were made on Saturday, the first day of the five-day holiday, the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. said.
It marked an increase of 9.2 percent from the 2019 level.
The company is expecting about 14.2 million railway passenger trips on Sunday.
May Day, also known as International Workers Day, is observed on May 1 in China. As the holiday lasts from May 1 to 5 this year, many people choose to travel during the holiday.
（Editor:Fu Bo）
China s holiday train travel beats pre-epidemic levels for second day Xinhua | Updated: 2021-05-03 17:30 Share CLOSE
BEIJING - The daily number of passenger trips within China continued to exceed pre-epidemic levels on Sunday, the second day of the five-day May Day holiday.
There were 14.72 million rail-passenger trips on Sunday, 11.6 percent higher than the same day of the holiday in 2019, said the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd., the country s railway operator, on Monday.
On Saturday, the figure was 18.83 million, up 9.2 percent from the 2019 level.
The operator predicted that the figure would reach 13.6 million on Monday, up 2.2 percent from the same period in 2019.
May Day travel rush mirrors China s speedy recovery from COVID-19 Updated: May 03,2021 09:20 PM Xinhua
BEIJING The May Day travel rush in China signals the nation s stepped-up recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, with people thronging at railway stations, airports and tourist sites, criss-crossing provinces.
Passenger trips on Chinese railways hit a new single-day high on May 1, with nearly 18.83 million trips recorded, according to data released by the China State Railway Group Co Ltd. The figure marks a 9.2-percent increase from the 2019 level, the first day of the International Workers Day holiday, which runs through May 5.
The news media have linked the travel boom to China s success in containing the spread of COVID-19 and its ongoing mass vaccination campaign.