Chongqing: the total number of passengers in the Spring Festival is expected to be 49.59 million
On December 27, the 2020 spring festival sports teleconference was held. The Spring Festival 2020 starts from January 10 and ends on February 18, totaling 40 days. During the Spring Festival, the city's passenger volume is expected to be 49.59 million, down 1.6% year on year. Among them, the road passenger volume and water passenger volume show a downward trend, while the civil aviation passenger volume and railway passenger volume show an upward trend. In response to the large passenger flow, during the Spring Festival 2020, 40.5 pairs of temporary passengers will be added before the Spring Festival of railway transportation in our city, 41 pairs will be added after the Spring Festival, and 38600 flights will be arranged for Jiangbei Airport of civil aviation transportation. At the same time, the city will arrange 220000 volunteers to be active in the front line of the Spring Festival transportation to help passengers solve their travel problems. According to
, the Spring Festival in 2020 is 11 days ahead of 2019, which is the earliest spring festival in the past 8 years. It is predicted by the Municipal Transportation Bureau that during the Spring Festival, the flow of students, migrant workers, family visits and tourism will overlap each other, showing the characteristics of "early arrival" and "high peak".
from the perspective of passenger travel in recent years, the average travel distance of passengers will be shortened during the Spring Festival. The average travel distance of spring transport passengers in 2019 is 394.4km, accounting for 78.9% within 500km. It is expected that the average travel distance of spring transport passengers in 2020 will be shorter. In particular, Rongchang Tongnan expressway will be opened to traffic in 2019, the highway network will continue to be improved, the personalized travel demand of citizens will expand, and the city's short and medium distance and rural passenger flow will increase significantly.