China embraces post-holiday travel rush

Date: 2009-2-2 0:25:00 by mcaa Tags: Spring Festival

The number of China's railway passengers continued to rise as millions of travelers were on their way back from family reunions on the last day of the Spring Festival holiday, according to the The Ministry of Railways (MOR) on Saturday.

Railways carried 4.83 million passengers on Friday, up 384,000 from a year ago, 595,000 more than Thursday, according to the MOR office in cha

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2.32B to travel during Spring Festival

Date: 2009-1-12 2:43:00 by jasmine Tags: Spring Festival

China expects 2.32 billion travelers during the upcoming 40-day travel peak as people flock home for the traditional Spring Festival holiday, government authorities said Thursday.

That represents an 3.5-percent growth from the same period of last year, according to officials at a teleconference held here Thursday by eight central government departments.

The eight departments inc

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