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Lunar New Year in China means getting together with family, and with 9 billion domestic trips expected, it seems everyone in the nation will be on the go during the holiday.
China on Friday kicked off its busiest annual period of mass migration with a record 9 billion domestic trips expected to be made during a 40-day travel rush around the Lunar New Year holidays, state media predicted. That would be nearly double the 4.7 billion trips made during the so-called…
BEIJING — China on Friday (Jan 26) kicked off its busiest annual period of mass migration with a record nine billion domestic trips expected to be made during a 40-day travel rush around the Lunar New Year holidays, state media predicted. That would be nearly double the 4.7 billion trips made during the so-called Spring Festival travel rush in 2023...
China on Friday kicked off its busiest annual period of mass migration with a record 9 billion domestic trips expected to be made during a 40-day travel rush around the Lunar New Year holidays, state media predicted. Millions of people will travel back to their home towns to reunite with families for the Lunar New Year, which falls on Feb. 10 this year, in the world's largest mass migration each year. About 80% of the 9 billion trips will be self-driving road trips, also a record, with the rest by rail, air, and water, Chinese state television CCTV reported.
The 40-day travel rush for 2024 is forecast to be more than double that in 2023, when ultra-strict Covid-19 restrictions were in place. Read more at straitstimes.com.