Chinese holiday travel expected to surge past pre-pandemic levels


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Travel levels for China's five-day May Day holiday have surged passed pre-pandemic levels, state-run media reported Saturday. File Photo by Stephen Shaver/UPI | License Photo April 29 (UPI) -- Chinese citizens are preparing travel plans for the five-day May Day holiday with the number of planned trips surging beyond pre-pandemic levels, state media reported Saturday. The China State Railway Group predicted 120 million trips will be taken via rail during the holiday -- 20% more than in 2019, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported. Advertisement More than 19 million people are expected to travel by train on Saturday, the first...