Chinese official: "May Day" holiday is expected to send more than 117 million passengers
China News Agency, Beijing, April 30 (Reporter Zhou Yin): Spokesperson Wu Chungeng of the Ministry of Transport of China disclosed at a press conference on the 30th that during the "May Day", the nationwide business passenger traffic will increase significantly compared with the previous period. It is estimated that more than 117 million passengers will be sent, with an average daily rate of over 23.36 million, which is about 34.8% of the average daily level for the same period last year.
From the perspective of ticket sales, the railway is expected to send an average of 5 million passengers per day; road passenger transport is expected to send an average of 17.98 million passengers per day, about 38.9% of the same period last year; water passenger transport is expected to send an average of 450,000 passengers per day, about 50% of the same period last year About; Civil Aviation estimates that the average daily passenger sent is about 33.2% in the same period last year.
Wu Chungeng emphasized that this year's "May Day" holiday is longer than previous years, and the special period of normalization in epidemic prevention and control has attracted everyone's attention. The characteristics of this year's holiday are: First, the public's willingness to travel is significantly lower than normal, "non-essential, not traveling" and "unnecessary, not traveling" are the current status quo. The second is the increase in cross-regional population movements. The average daily flow is expected to be about 11 million person-times. Thirdly, the flow of migrant workers has basically returned to work, which has little effect on the scale of holiday passenger flows. Fourth, the "May 1" tourist passenger flow will be driven by short-distance driving within the province.
Wu Chungeng said that in order to ensure transportation during the festival and serve the public in safe and convenient travel, the Ministry of Transport will do the following:
One is to strictly implement the importation of foreign defense and the rebound of internal defense, and do not relax to do a good job in the prevention and control of normal epidemic situation.
The second is to take advantage of the overall advantages of comprehensive transportation, actively carry out online ticketing, customized passenger transportation services and intermodal transportation services, coordinate multiple transportation methods, strengthen transportation organization and scheduling, strengthen transportation capacity allocation, scientifically arrange flight schedules, optimize rural passenger transportation organizations, and secure The orderly restoration of fixed-line tourist passenger transport and chartered vehicles in the province.
The third is to strengthen the monitoring of the transportation network operation, focusing on strengthening the coordination and communication of the departments, strengthening road traffic guidance and keeping the traffic smooth, releasing travel information and warning information in a timely manner, and guiding the public to reasonably arrange travel.
Fourth, do a good job of security risk prevention and strengthen the investigation and management of hidden dangers in key areas and key links. (Finish)