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Today (February 4) is the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, and it is also the tenth day of the Spring Festival in 2024. The national railway passenger flow remains at a high level, with an estimated 12.8 million passengers. Today, railways across the country have arranged to operate 1,306 additional passenger trains. On February 3, the country’s railways carried 12.822 million passengers.
Today, the number of popular routes for cross-regional movement continues to increase, and the scope of Spring Festival travel continues to expand. Among the popular routes, in addition to the Yangtze River Delta, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Pearl River Delta, Chengdu and Chongqing and other regions, there are also urban agglomerations in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, central Yunnan urban agglomerations, and central plains urban agglomerations. The flow of people in these areas is becoming increasingly intensive. Compared with yesterday, the number of arrivals in a number of small cities has increased significantly, including Neijiang, Yancheng, Yichang, Bayannur, Shuangyashan, Jiamusi, Pingdingshan, Suqian, Xiantao, Tianmen, and Tongnan. People returning home for the holidays have accelerated their return home. pace.
Arrivals in small cities such as Neijiang, Yancheng, etc. have increased significantly compared with yesterday.
Using 12306’s pre-sale ticketing data, we drew today’s Spring Festival heat map. Among the hottest destination cities, in addition to cities such as Guangzhou, Beijing, Chengdu, Wuhan, and Chongqing that have ranked high for many consecutive days, there are also a number of small cities whose arrivals have increased significantly compared with yesterday. Neijiang, Yancheng, Yichang, Ba People returning home for the holidays in Yannur, Shuangyashan, Jiamusi, Pingdingshan, Suqian, Xiantao, Tianmen and Tongnan have accelerated their pace of returning home.
Intensified flow in areas such as the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and central Yunnan city clusters
Among the popular routes, in addition to the Yangtze River Delta, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Pearl River Delta, Chengdu and Chongqing and other regions, there are also increasingly dense flows of people in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River urban agglomeration, central Yunnan urban agglomeration, and Central Plains urban agglomeration. The popular routes for cross-regional travel are also increasing. Guangzhou to Nanning, Beijing to Harbin, Shanghai to Beijing, Beijing to Shenyang, Guangzhou to Changsha, Beijing to Taiyuan, and Shenzhen to Changsha have become popular routes for train travel in these two days. The scope of the Spring Festival travel movement is constantly expanding.
17 of the 20 popular alternative routes depart from Guangdong
Judging from the data on waiting for train tickets, tickets departing from Guangdong are still the most urgent. Among the 20 popular alternative routes, 10 depart from Shenzhen and 7 depart from Guangzhou. Henan, Hubei, Guangxi, Guizhou, Chongqing and other central and western provinces are the main destinations for waiting tickets. In addition, return train tickets for the ninth day of the first lunar month go on sale today, and I would like to remind everyone to pay attention in advance.
Car rental orders during this Spring Festival holiday increased 2.3 times during the same period last year
Let’s look at road travel. Although there are still a few days until the Spring Festival holiday, we found that the car rental market became active early, and the order volume increased significantly compared with the same period last year.
Data from China Car Rental shows that as of February 3, the total number of car rental orders during the Spring Festival holiday in 2024 was 2.3 times that of the same period in 2023. At the same time, everyone’s lease terms are longer, and the average lease term has increased by more than 20% (21.9%) compared with 2023. The booming holiday car rental market shows us that people are more willing to drive during the Spring Festival holiday and their spending power is also increasing.
Southern provinces with large tourism resources have relatively high car rental orders.
Overall, compared with 2023, the number of car rental orders in all provinces across the country has increased to varying degrees. Among them, southern provinces and provinces with large tourism resources have relatively high order volumes, and provinces such as Yunnan, Sichuan, Hainan, Guangdong, and Fujian are among the top.
From a city perspective, the top 10 order volume rankings are concentrated in first- and second-tier cities and popular tourist cities. However, compared with 2023, the cities with the largest increase in order volume are third- and fourth-tier cities such as Heshan, Hengshui, Cangzhou, and Wenshan. They are "dark horse" cities with high growth in car rental popularity this year.
"Big Transportation + Land-based Rental" Car rental shops in transportation hubs are booming
Judging from car rental data, the number of orders for cars in other places during the Spring Festival this year is 2.4 times that of 2023, and the cross-regional flow during the Spring Festival holiday is much higher than last year. Bookings at car rental stores in transportation hubs such as train stations and airports are extremely popular, and the "transport + landing rental" model has become an increasingly popular way of travel.