CCTV News: April 4th is the Qingming Festival, and the railway transportation plan for Qingming Festival holidays will be launched on the 3rd. The Qingming Festival holiday train tickets will be on sale on March 21, and as of 8 pm on the 2nd, a total of 43 million tickets have been pre-sold.

Judging from the current ticket pre-sale situation, the popular cities are Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Wuhan, Shenzhen, Nanjing, Zhengzhou and Xi'an. Judging from the popular routes, the passenger flow between Nanning and Guangzhou, Wuhan and Changsha, Xi'an and Chengdu, Beijing and Shanghai, Beijing and Shenyang, Beijing and Jinan, Shenzhen to Hong Kong, Beijing to Zhengzhou, Beijing to Taiyuan and other popular areas are relatively concentrated.

The national expressway traffic began to rise

On April 3, the national expressway traffic also increased. At present, what is the situation in road travel? Which roads will usher in a large traffic during the Qingming Festival holiday?

CCTV reporter Chen Qiao: Another day is the Qingming Festival holiday. People who go out for a trip have begun to embark on their journey. During this year's Qingming Festival holiday, from 0:00 on April 4 to 24:00 on April 6, small passenger cars below 7 seats (including 7 seats) will continue to be exempted from tolls.

How much traffic is the national highway during this Qingming Festival holiday? According to the analysis and judgment of the Road Network Center of the Ministry of Transport, during this year's Qingming Festival, a major feature of the operation of the road network in the country is the large flow of expressways and the high proportion of self-driving passenger buses. From this forecast map of national expressway traffic, we can see that the peak of travel during the Qingming Festival this year will be April 4, with the average daily flow of expressways nationwide being about 59 million vehicles, an average daily increase of about 1.1% over the same period last year. Among them, it is estimated that the traffic of new energy vehicles accounts for about 18% of the average daily total traffic, an increase of about 7 percentage points over the same period last year. According to real-time data from the highway security system, from 0:00 on the 3rd to the live broadcast, a total of 8.8266 million vehicles were driving on the highway nationwide. Compared with the same period of the previous day, it increased by 5.34% month-on-month. The national expressway traffic is gradually increasing.

The second largest characteristic of travel during the Qingming Festival holiday determined by the Transportation and Transportation Network Center is that travel is mostly medium and short distances, with obvious tidal characteristics; that is, during the Qingming Festival, short-distance travel accounts for a high proportion of short-distance travel in various places. The so-called tidal travel is a concentrated traffic flow in different periods, which often shows a peak in the morning and evening, while there are relatively fewer cars during the day.

The third feature is that the flow of new energy vehicles has increased significantly, and congestion is prone to occur on the roads of outings and worships. It is understood that during this year's Qingming Festival, the flow of new energy vehicles on some expressways will soar during the Qingming Festival in the eastern coastal areas, including the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta, as well as Fujian, Shandong and other places. It is expected that the average daily service new energy vehicles will increase by more than 70% compared with previous years, such as the Xiuyong Expressway in Fujian and the Liaocheng section of the Jilao Expressway in Shandong. To this end, Fujian, Shandong, Zhejiang and other places have conducted early inspections of charging equipment, and made every effort to provide guarantees for the green and smooth travel of car owners.

Let's take a look at the waterway situation again. Qingming Festival is approaching, and the water transportation in the south is also ushering in the peak season. The peak of passenger travel and fruit transportation in the Qiongzhou Strait will appear during the holidays. It is expected that about 220,000 passengers and about 58,000 vehicles will be sent during the Qingming Festival. It is predicted that the peak of passenger flow on the Qingming Festival will be the highest peak, and it is expected that about 85,000 passengers will be sent across the sea and about 20,000 vehicles will be sent.

The number of domestic air ticket bookings increased by about 10% year-on-year

In terms of civil aviation travel, Air Travel Zongheng big data shows that as of April 1, the number of domestic air ticket bookings exceeded 3.02 million during the Qingming Festival holiday, an increase of about 10% year-on-year. The fares for some popular routes rose slightly. The State Immigration Administration expects that the average daily entry and exit of ports across the country will reach 2.1 million during the Qingming Festival holiday this year, an increase of 21.4% over the same period last year. As of April 1, the number of inbound and outbound air ticket bookings for the Qingming Festival holiday has exceeded 630,000, an increase of about 24% year-on-year.

Tourists are willing to travel more than 70%, and traditional cultural experience tours are heating up

This year's Qingming Festival holiday coincides with the weekend, and many places across the country usher in a warm spring sun. According to the China Tourism Research Institute, the popularity of traditional cultural custom experience has increased, and activities such as flower viewing, tea picking, and garden visits have injected new vitality into the cultural and tourism economy.

Online travel platform data shows that the search popularity of topics related to "outing and flower appreciation" has increased by 46% year-on-year. Traditional flower appreciation areas such as Wuhan Donghu Cherry Garden, Luoyang's Peony Flower Club, and Wuxi Yuantouzhu Cherry Valley continue to lead the popularity list. The apricot blossoms in Yili and the peach blossoms in Linzhi have attracted a large number of medium and long-term tourists to visit during vacation. Data shows that the search popularity of transit flights to Yili and Linzhi in various places has increased by 98% year-on-year, and the overall order volume of popular flower viewing and outing destinations such as Wuxi and Huangshan has increased by 35% and 50% year-on-year respectively compared with last year.

The survey shows that 90% of tourists have a travel radius of less than 500 kilometers, and most tourists have a travel radius of between 200 and 300 kilometers. The orders for booking surrounding tours during the Qingming Festival increase by 136% month-on-month, and 44% of tourists will choose to travel by themselves. Hangzhou, Nanjing, Jinan, Guangzhou, Beijing, Suzhou, Tianjin, Shanghai, Yangzhou and other places have become popular surrounding tour destinations.