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Record Breaking Train Travel: China’s National Day Holiday Sees Overwhelming Number of Passengers

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China is having a long eight-day holiday from the Mid-Autumn Festival to the National Day.

On the first day of the National Day holiday, the first since the COVID-19 quarantine control was lifted, the number of train passengers was overflowing, hitting a record high in one day.

Reporter Kim Tae-hyeon reports.

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In celebration of the National Day holiday, crowds gathered at train stations in various cities in China.

The number of train passengers nationwide exceeded 20 million on the first day of the holiday (the 29th) as people returned to their hometowns or went on a trip.

Including temporary trains, a total of 20,900 people boarded 12,500 trains, which was the highest number ever.

There is a long line of cars on highways and major roads.

As the number of air users has also increased, each airport has prepared emergency transportation measures.

[자오청위안 / 하이난 싼야공항 여객 책임자 : 연휴 기간 동안 체크인 카운터와 보안 검색대를 늘리고 여객 수요 급증에 따른 수송 효율화 방안을 마련했습니다.]

This is the first National Day holiday since the quarantine control that had been maintained for three years following the COVID-19 incident was lifted, and the number of people moving has increased rapidly as it overlaps with the Mid-Autumn Festival.

There are many people visiting famous mountains, waterfalls, lakes and parks around the world.

[선지밍 / 여행객 (상하이 시민) : 상하이에서 차로 이곳 루산까지 왔습니다. 풍경이 아름답고 날씨도 맑아 기분 좋습니다.]

[푸정솨이 / 베이징 시민 : 대부분 사람들이 이렇게 모처럼 맞는 긴 연휴에만 여행에 나서거나 휴식을 즐길 수 있습니다.]

Chinese authorities predicted that 2.05 billion people would travel during the eight-day holiday until October 6, which is 50% more than last year’s National Day holiday.

This is Taehyun Kim from YTN.

Video editing; Jeong Chi-yoon

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2023-09-30 13:43:00

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