CCTV News: The Ministry of Transport predicts that during the Qingming Festival, the cross-regional flow of people in the whole society will reach 760 million.

During the Qingming Festival holiday, there is a strong demand for travelers to visit relatives and ancestors, go outings and other outings. The national railway is expected to send 84.5 million passengers, with an average daily passenger volume of 16.9 million. April 4 is the peak day of passenger flow. Judging from the pre-sale of train tickets on the railway 12306 ticket sales system, passenger flows between Nanning and Guangzhou, Wuhan and Changsha, Xi'an and Chengdu, and Beijing and Shanghai are relatively concentrated. In terms of roads, starting from 24:00 on April 3, small passenger cars with 7 seats and below will be free of charge toll roads across the country. It is expected that starting from 17:00 on April 3, the national road network traffic pressure will gradually increase. During the holidays, 10-12:00 and 16-18:00 are periods of congestion.

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 welcome the 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 East Lake Cherry Garden, Luoyang 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. The overall order volume of popular flower viewing and outing destinations such as Wuxi and Huangshan increased by 35% and 50% year-on-year respectively.

Dai Bin, director of the China Tourism Research Institute, said: "This Qingming Festival holiday, the willingness to travel has reached 74%. With outings, mountaineering, hiking and folk experiences, it is estimated that the number of tourists traveling every day will exceed 40 million."

The survey shows that 90% of tourists have a travel radius of less than 500 kilometers, and most tourists have a travel radius of 200 kilometers-300 kilometers. The number of orders for booking surrounding tours during the Qingming Festival holiday increased 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.