Chongqing- Why does Chinese New Year typically prompt the world's largest annual migration? Today we decided to explore how residents of one of Southwest China's largest cities make this happen. We give clear examples of the costs and choices of departing from Chongqing.
Observed by billions of people, the festival, also known as Chinese New Year or Spring Festival, is marked by themes of reunion and hope. The Spring Festival holiday period falls around the same time frame as Chinese students' winter vacations, and millions of university students head home or leave for school almost simultaneously. Many people, including office workers and migrant laborers, work in big cities hundreds of miles from their hometowns, and the one-week-long vacation is always the primary time in the year that they return home. Billions of people enjoy their vacations at the same time.
For these reasons, transportation in the country, around the country, and major cities and tourist destinations will be very crowded. During the start of the pandemic, things have drastically changed for the Chinese during the travel period. Where will you go during this New Year's rush?