Travel: National Day travelers ready for rush

HOLIDAYS

•Shenzhen, Guangdong province

•Chengdu, Sichuan province are increasingly motivated by •Hangzhou, Zhejiang province •ZhengzhouRailway Station, service. The average time to get to railway “Chinese people were wonderful, celebrating hundredsholidays Henanof millions provinceof the holiday. •Wuhan, travel Hubei booking province service. stations and airports in major cities at home before, but now of travel peoplehas leaving •Hangzhoufor “Analysis EastRailwayof previousStation, data •Suzhou, He Jiangsu estimated provincethat the number With will the increase weeklong by Nationalmore than 20 gradually become a major vacationway toat the celebrate same time can Zhejiang shows provincethat 8 am on Oct 1 and •Xi’an, Shaanxiof China’s province tourists during percent,Day holidaythe report just said. around holidays,” said Wangbe stressful. Xiaosong, •Guangzhou4 pm SouthRailwayon Oct 7 may be the •Changsha,this Golden Hunan Week provincewill again the The corner, worst massiveplaces for domestic highway travelers CEO of Lvmama.com, a On major Sept online30, evening Station,rush Guangdongpeaks of the province holiday rush by reach a record. migrationto be are will highwayssoon begin,in Guangzhou travel booking service. hour will start an average •Shanghaiof road,” HongqiaoRailwaysaid Li Zhitang, head of For some, however, the and causing Sichuan heavy provinces traffic and jams, the BeijingHe estimated that the two numberand a of half China’s hours early Station,in ShanghaiBaidu Map. vacation period is not so golden Tianjin-Hebeipacked trains region,and long which lines are predicted tourists during this Chinese Golden cities, Week according •BeijingWestRailwayto a The National Station, Day holiday, •HangzhouWestfor travel. Lake, Zhejiang at airports.to have the most crowded roads, will again reach a record. report by Didi Chuxing, China’s Beijing from Oct 1 to Oct 7, is one province“I just want to stay at accordingTravel recordsto a reportare expectedfrom the Baidu For some, however, the vacation biggest period car-on-demand •Nanjing of SouthRailwayChina’s two GoldenStation, Week •Beijing home Olympicand take Park,a good Beijing rest. searchto be broken engine company.again this vacation is not so golden for travel. service. The average time Jiangsuto holiday province periods, the other •Wutai We Mountain,rarely have Shanxia chance to Baidu period data predictas increasinglythe most crowded “I just want to stay at get hometo railwayand take stations •GuangzhouRailwayand being Spring Station, Festival, which province enjoy such a long holiday and times prosperous,to travel holiday-happywill be the first and last a good rest. We rarely have airportsa chancein majorto cities Guangdongwill usually province falls in January or •BadalingI don’t GreatWall,want to waste Beijingit on seeing two Chinesedays of travelersthe holiday. pack tourism enjoy white-collar such workera long in holiday increase and byI don’t more than 20 •Shenzhenpercent, February. NorthRailway •Qinghai ‘peopleLake, Qinghai mountain, province people “Analysissites at homeof previousand abroad. data shows Beijing want to waste it on seeing the ‘peoplereport said.

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Xu Jiayu,

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I don’t want to waste it (the holiday) on seeing ‘people mountain, people sea.”