CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- The countdown of the Spring Festival travel rush begins. Recently, Baidu Map, together with the Research Institute of the Ministry of Transport, China weather.com, Ctrip and Baidu Encyclopedia, released the travel forecast report of the 2020 Spring Festival Travel Rush Report (hereinafter referred to as the Report), bringing a “predictable” sense of security for passengers to go back home.

Prediction of national high-speed congestion trend during the Spring Festival holiday in 2020 (From the Report)

According to the Report, the overall migration trend of the Spring Festival travel population of 2020 shows that the national population migration gradually rises before the Spring Festival holiday. On January 21, there was a small peak of population migration, and then the population migration gradually fell back, reaching the lowest level on New Year’s Eve. Then, the migration gradually rises during the Spring Festival holiday, and the highest peak is expected to occur on the sixth day of the lunar year (January 30). After the Spring Festival holiday, the national population migration gradually fell back, and it is expected that the Spring Festival migration peak will appear again on the 16th of the first month of the lunar year (February 9).

Forecast of national migration trend during the Spring Festival travel rush of 2020 (From the Report)

The most popular cities in China gathered in Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta, and coastal cities account for the majority. Zhengzhou, a central city, and Chengdu, a southwest city, are among the top ten hot cities to move out of. At the same time, Henan, Jiangxi, Anhui and other populous provinces will face a large-scale homecoming tide.

In order to reunite with their families, in recent years, more and more old people and children choose “reverse Spring Festival travel” to come to big cities to celebrate the New Year with their families. The report predicts that Chongqing, Beijing, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Xi’an, Changsha, Zhengzhou and other places will become the top ten popular destinations for the reverse Spring Festival travel. Seven of them coincide with the top ten hot cities to move out, and the phenomenon of big cities turning into “empty cities” will change every New Year.

Forecast of top 10 destination cities of reverse Spring Festival travel before the Spring Festival of 2020 (From the Report)

More and more people choose to travel during the Spring Festival. According to the Report, during the Spring Festival holiday of 2020, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hangzhou are still among the top traditional tourist cities. Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Chongqing, Chengdu and Western Xi’an are also popular destinations for family travel. In the prediction of top 10 popular tourist attractions in 2020 Spring Festival holiday, Chongqing Hongyadong ranks fourth in popularity in China.

Forecast of top 10 popular scenic areas in China during the Spring Festival holiday of 2020 (From the Report)

In terms of outbound tourism prediction, the Asia Pacific Region is still the first choice for Chinese outbound tourism. Bangkok, Tokyo, Japan and Seoul, South Korea will become the top three popular outbound tourism cities. In addition, outbound tourism to the United States, Australia, Canada and other places is becoming more and more popular. (Translated by Luo Juan, Fathom Language Limited)