Shenzhen, China (Reuters) – China has achieved a record of 9.02 billion domestic trips during the 40 -day Lunar New Year Travel Rush, reported the State of Xinhua State on Sunday and exceeded the 8.4 billion trips in the same holiday period were taken a year earlier.
The travel trush during China's largest vacation is often read as a barometer for the country's economic health and a pressure test for its enormous transport system. The rise in the journey was in line with expectations.
During the Spring Festival, around 513 million train journeys were made, because the holiday is known in China, an increase of 6.1% compared to last year, while 90.2 million passengers traveled per air, according to Xinhua an increase by 7.4% of 7.4%.
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Annual Talies of Trips made during the annual travel trush since the Ministry of Transport, the statistics before the New Year 2023 revised with self -driving road trips on large national motorways.
A total of 2.98 billion journeys were registered in the 2019 Spring Festival Travel Rush, the year before COVID-19 Pandemic Restrictions Hindered Travel.
(Reporting by David Kirton; adaptation by Tom Hogue)
