China News Service, Beijing, June 5 (Reporter Zhou Yin) The Ministry of Transport of China disclosed on the 5th that from June 3 to 5, 2022 (Dragon Boat Festival holiday), the national railways, highways, waterways, and civil aviation are expected to send the total number of passengers. 73.368 million person-times, down 40.3% from the same period in 2021 (Dragon Boat Festival holiday, the same below), and down 9.6% from the same period in 2020.
Among them, highways are expected to send 54.49 million passengers, a decrease of 37% from the same period in 2021 and a decrease of 4.1% from the same period in 2020; waterways are expected to send 1.146 million passengers, a decrease of 39% from the same period in 2021 and a decrease of 31.7% from the same period in 2020.
During the three days of the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, the total traffic volume of highways across the country is expected to be 87.3929 million vehicles, a decrease of 18.05% compared with the same period in 2021 and a decrease of 10.94% compared with the same period in 2020.
The Ministry of Transport stated that during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, transportation departments at all levels across the country strictly followed the deployment requirements and coordinated the implementation of various measures.
First, unswervingly adhere to the general strategy of "foreign import, internal rebound" and the general policy of "dynamic clearing", resolutely build a barrier for transportation epidemic prevention and control, solidly implement the industry's responsibility for prevention and control, and urge the implementation of normalized prevention and control. Control measures and strengthen emergency preparedness for epidemic prevention and control.
The second is to consolidate the effectiveness of the work of ensuring the smooth flow of logistics, resolutely prevent the problem of excessive traffic control from rebounding, and make every effort to ensure the stable operation of key hubs and stations, and focus on ensuring the transportation of agricultural materials and agricultural machinery for the "three summers" production.
The third is to strengthen the awareness of production safety, firmly adhere to the bottom line of production safety, and fully grasp the work of safety production during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, flood season and resumption of work and production.
The fourth is to strengthen the guarantee of road network operation, strengthen monitoring and early warning, continuously optimize services, effectively reduce congestion and ensure smooth travel, and ensure safe, healthy and convenient travel for the public during holidays.
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