CCTV News: January 18 is 9 days away from New Year's Eve, and people are busy preparing to welcome the first World Intangible Heritage Edition Spring Festival.

The passenger flow during the Spring Festival travel rush continues to rise

The fifth day of the Spring Festival travel rush will be entered on January 18. On the 17th, it is estimated that the cross-regional flow of people in the whole society will exceed 200 million. Among them, the railway passenger volume is 12.8 million, and 778 passenger trains are planned to be added; the highway personnel flow is 187.53 million, the water passenger volume is 600,000, and the civil aviation passenger volume is 2.24 million.

The New Year atmosphere is getting stronger and stronger in various places

As the Spring Festival gets closer, the New Year atmosphere in various places is getting stronger and stronger. In Beijing, red lanterns are hung high, and lights are decorated everywhere. In Yuexiu Park, Guangzhou, the 128-meter-long koi lamp group is colorful and has a variety of shapes. In Jun County, Hebi, Henan, a series of special activities with the main line of "Spring Festival, New Year's atmosphere, and folk customs" have been launched one after another, attracting many tourists to experience the charm of intangible cultural heritage. The wonderful folk club fires, festive and dynamic lion dances, and superb stilt walking appeared one after another. The intangible cultural heritage tune on the stage attracted cheers from tourists.

Consumption during the Spring Festival continues to heat up

The popularity of New Year's goods markets in various places continues to rise, and people are busy visiting the market and preparing New Year's goods. At the New Year’s Goods Market in Xi’an, Shaanxi, there were long queues in front of traditional food stores such as braised beef and mutton, crystal cakes. Shandong Qingdao Seafood Market is ushering in its peak sales season, and there is currently sufficient supply of various seafood varieties. In Urumqi, Xinjiang, flower consumption has become a new highlight of Spring Festival consumption.

In Xiaogan, Hubei and Gaobeidian, Hebei, a new year's goods collection connecting the special agricultural products of the north and south are staged. New Year's goods and delicacies from the north and south are being cooked on site, comparing the best.

The Spring Festival air ticket booking has entered its peak period. The price discount on New Year’s Eve is high.

The 2025 Spring Festival travel rush has begun, and this year’s civil aviation Spring Festival travel will continue the peak season market trend. Currently, air ticket bookings have also entered their peak period. Which destinations are popular this year and can you still buy discounted air tickets now? Let’s take a look together.

At the beginning of the Spring Festival travel rush, the reporter saw that the domestic check-in counter was very busy at the terminal of Beijing Daxing International Airport, and many passengers purchased tickets for the Spring Festival holiday in advance.

As of now, the number of domestic air ticket bookings from January 25 to January 27 exceeded 3.01 million, an increase of about 44% from a week ago; the number of inbound and outbound air ticket bookings exceeded 680,000, an increase of about 10% from a week ago. Spring Festival air ticket booking has entered its peak period, and major airlines have increased their investment in transportation capacity to ensure passengers' travel through the Spring Festival travel rush.

The reporter learned that during the Spring Festival holiday, the fares for flights departing from cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen are still relatively high. For example, routes with dense tourist crowds such as Beijing-Sanya, Shanghai-Xishuangbanna, the fares are kept at full price; the "return" routes opposite these routes, such as Sanya-Beijing, Sanya-Hangzhou, are all priced at about 10% off on New Year's Eve.