Out of the total 11.5 million sightseeing tours made in the Chinese capital in the first week of October, 75 percent were by locals, the commission said.
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But these enormous tailbacks – pictured on Tuesday, the penultimate day of the celebration – were apparently caused by a new toll station in Beijing.
The National Day celebration, also known as one of the country’s Golden Weeks, is one of the rare times Chinese citizens can take several continuous days off work.
The traffic freeze lasted for hours, naturally, and it makes any other jam pale in comparison.
China’s G4 Beijing-Hong Kong-Macau Expressway ground to a halt this week after thousands of drivers tried to return to Beijing on the second-to-last day of the week-long National Day holiday. It’s being said that nearly half of China’s population, was on the roads during the week. During this period, it warned the roads will be extremely busy.
Traffic police in Wuhan, capital of central China’s Hubei province, suggested travelers leave the city in the afternoon and try to return in the morning to avoid congestion on the highways.
China’s National Tourism Administration confirmed that this year’s Golden Week tourism figures have shown an incredible year-on-year increase of 6.1 per cent, with record-breaking numbers of travellers on highways. “And avoid the peak travel dates”. “Traveling for what? Looking at people?”
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“I’d rather stay at home watch a few movies”.
