China News Service, Beijing, April 5 (Reporter Liu Wenwen) The reporter learned from the Ministry of Transport of China on the 5th that on April 4, 2024 (the first day of the Tomb Sweeping Day holiday), the number of cross-regional personnel movements in the whole society was 262.1372 million, which was 262.1372 million. An increase of 26.68%, an increase of 70.34% from April 4, 2023.
Data show that on April 4, the number of highway personnel movements was 241.24 million, a month-on-month increase of 27.1% and an increase of 68.5% over 2023. Among them, the number of non-commercial passenger car trips on expressways and ordinary national and provincial highways was 205.38 million, a month-on-month increase of 30.5%, and an increase of 72.5% over 2023; the highway commercial passenger traffic was 35.86 million, a month-on-month increase of 10.7%, and an increase of 72.5% over 2023. An increase of 48.9%. Waterway passenger volume was 707,300, an increase of 24.59% month-on-month and 53.36% higher than 2023.
During the Qingming Festival, the flow of tourists returning to their hometowns to worship their ancestors and for spring outings surges, and transportation departments in various places have taken many measures to ensure safe and smooth traffic during the holiday. Hainan's transportation department has actively done a good job in ensuring transportation services and emergency response in the Qiongzhou Strait, upgraded the ticketing system, and added a ticket waiting list function to dynamically meet the public's needs for crossing the sea. The three ports of Haikou New Sea Port, Xiuying Port and Railway Nangang have fully implemented the scheduled sea crossing system and are operating at high load.
As the number of passengers traveling in groups and families increases, Beijing Daxing International Airport has set up group security checkpoints on some floors of the terminal to further improve passenger flow efficiency. It is reported that from April 4 to 6, Daxing Airport is expected to guarantee 2,639 inbound and outbound flights and transport more than 369,100 passengers. The average daily planned flight volume will reach 880, and the average daily passenger throughput will exceed 120,000. (over)