BEIJING: China witnessed passenger trips slump more than 50% this year – falling to nearly 1.48 billion during the Spring Festival travel rush – due to the Covid-19 outbreak, the country’s top transport authority said.
The 40-day travel rush, which kicked off on Jan 10 and ended on Tuesday, was expected to see about three billion trips, according to a forecast by the National Development and Reform Commission in late December.
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