CCTV News: On February 22, the 40-day 2025 Spring Festival travel rush officially ended. This year's Spring Festival travel rush can be said to be the busiest Spring Festival travel rush since the opening and operation of the China-Laos Railway, with a significant increase in inbound and outbound passengers.
According to statistics from Mohan Entry and Exit Border Inspection Station in Yunnan, during the Spring Festival travel rush, 42,000 people entered and exited the Mohan Port at the China-Laos Railway, an increase of 49% year-on-year from last year's Spring Festival travel rush. Many passengers take the China-Laos Railway to experience the convenience of cross-border travel. In addition, this year's Spring Festival travel rush is intertwined with the winter vacation, spring school opening, and outbound winter tours of Southeast Asian countries for students. In addition, the successful application for the Spring Festival, the implementation of the visa-free policy of ASEAN tour group entering Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, and the continued popularity of traditional Chinese experience tours, ice and snow tours, self-driving tours and other tourism projects, there are many foreign tourists entering this year, an increase of more than 36% year-on-year compared with last year's Spring Festival travel rush.
The police officer of Mohan Entry and Exit Border Inspection Station said: "We have opened special channels in time, opened 'tidal windows' and other measures, strengthened cooperation and linkage with customs, railways and other departments, and made every effort to ensure smooth customs clearance at the port during the Spring Festival travel rush."
