During this year's Chunyun, China's legendary Spring Festival travel rush, the number of inter-regional trips soared to an unprecedented 9.02 billion! 📈 This marks a 7.1% increase compared to the same period last year, signaling a robust recovery in China's mobility and economic activity.
Dubbed the world's largest annual human migration, Chunyun highlights the sheer scale of travel with millions heading home for family reunions. 🏠❤️
Breaking it down, road traffic led the charge with a staggering 8.39 billion trips, up 7.2% year-on-year. 🚗💨 Meanwhile, railways set a new benchmark with 513 million passenger journeys, a 6.1% increase from last year. 🚆✨
Air travel also reached new heights! The civil aviation sector handled 90.2 million passenger trips and conducted 739,000 flights, both hitting record numbers. ✈️🌟
This Spring Festival, which fell on January 29, beautifully showcased China's thriving transportation networks, ensuring everyone could make it home. 🛤️🚀
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China sees record inter-regional trips in Spring Festival travel rush
cgtn.com
