The "May Day" holiday overlaps with the Canton Fair, and Guangdong's passenger flow has repeatedly reached new highs

2023-05-05

The reporter learned from Guangzhou Railway Group that during the May Day railway transportation period (April 27th to May 4th) this year, various stations under the management of Guangzhou Railway Group have sent a total of 19.564 million passengers and reached 18.026 million passengers, an increase of 182.5% and 169.2% year-on-year, which is 131.1% and 120.4% compared to 2019. The daily average number of passengers sent and received was 2.446 million and 2.253 million, with a total number of passengers sent and received, and a daily average of both reaching a new historical high. During the May Day holiday (April 29th to May 3rd), Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (hereinafter referred to as "Baiyun Airport") had a total of 6290 flights and 933400 passengers, including 821700 domestic passengers, which was 114.28% of the same period in 2019. Baiyun Airport became the busiest airport in China during the May Day holiday. The passenger flow at train stations and airports has repeatedly reached new highs. According to the relevant person in charge of the Passenger Transport Department of Guangzhou Railway Group, the peak number of railway passengers sent during the May Day period occurred on April 29th, with 3.006 million passengers sent on that day, breaking a historical record. At the same time, Guangdong, Hunan, and Hainan provinces within the Guangzhou Railway management also set the highest record for railway passengers sent in their province on that day; The peak of arriving passengers occurred on April 30th, with 2.603 million passengers arriving on that day, setting a new historical record. During the May Day holiday, a total of 47 stations within the Guangzhou Railway Administration set a new historical high for daily passenger traffic and 37 stations reached a new historical high for daily arrival. Among them, the most representative ones were Shenzhen North Station, which sent 295000 and 313000 passengers on April 29th and 30th, respectively, setting a new high for passenger traffic for two consecutive days; Guangzhou South Station sent 472000 passengers on April 29 and arrived at 436000 passengers on May 3, setting a new high in passenger flow and arrival. This May Day holiday coincides with the Canton Fair, and Baiyun Airport exhibits the characteristics of "early arrival of peak passenger flow and continuous high flight passenger flow". Two days before the start of the holiday, Baiyun Airport experienced a peak in passenger flow and continued to operate at a high level. From April 27th to 30th, the daily passenger flow exceeded 200000 people for four consecutive days. On April 29th, the daily passenger throughput reached 212200, surpassing the same period level of 20800 in 2019 and the highest level since 2022. The Guangzhou Railway Group stated that this year's "May Day" passenger flow has shown a explosive growth, and the Canton Fair, combined with holidays, has brought a large amount of business and tourism flow, showing a trend of both receiving and sending passenger flow increasing. Based on changes in passenger flow, Guangzhou Railway Group accurately allocates transportation capacity and follows the transportation strategy of "one map per day". It adopts measures such as multiple train combinations, additional off map trains, operation of night high-speed trains, peak line high-speed train combinations, and addition of regular speed trains to fully prepare transportation capacity. It operates 3031 trains per day, including 366 additional passenger trains during peak hours, including 287 high-speed train combinations and 143 night high-speed train combinations, Meet the travel needs of passengers. According to big data from Qunar, the average daily increase in air ticket bookings to Guangzhou from April 3rd (4.15-5.5)

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