China’s Lunar New Year Launches ‘1.18 Billion’ Transit Bookings

Travel in anticipation of China's Lunar New Year launched on Monday initiating a massive wave of bookings for train, bus, and air transport expected to reach 1.18 billion by the holiday season's end on February 25, Xinhua, China's official state-run press agency, reported. "This year's Spring Festival travel rush lasts from January 17 to February 25, with the number of passenger trips expected to reach 1.18 billion, up 35.6 percent from a year ago," the news agency reported on January 17 citing data released by China's Ministry of Transport. Xinhua referred to the "Spring Festival," an alternate name for the Lunar New Year. The holiday lands on February 1 this year. It marks both the start of a new year and the beginning of the spring season on the Chinese lunisolar calendar. The ancient ritual of welcoming the new year is widely observed across China, a nation of over 1.4 billion people. The occasion inspires tens of millions of Chinese to travel from major cities to their hometowns to celebrate the festive season with their families annually and is described by China's state-run Global Times as "the world's largest annual human migration." This photo taken on January 16, 2022 shows… Read full this story

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