China’s transport ministry expects a 20% drop in road traffic and a 55% fall in flights during the three-day Qingming holiday due to a flare-up of COVID-19 cases in the country.
Travellers walk at a terminal hall of the Beijing Capital International Airport
Chinese typically travel back to their home towns to worship their ancestors during the tomb-sweeping festival. The number of planned flights was forecast to decrease by 55% this holiday from the year before, with air travellers also at only 20% of last year’s levels, the ministry said.
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