Exit-Entry Ports in Beijing Record 245,000 Trips During May Day, Rising by 123 Percent Year on Year

english.beijing.gov.cn
2024-05-08

Numerous visitors exited or entered the Chinese mainland via Beijing during this year's May Day holiday, with 245,000 trips recorded, up by 123 percent year-on-year. Foreign nationals made 59,000 trips, increasing by 211 percent compared with the same period in the last year.

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Numbers began to peak before the holiday on April 26 and continued to May 1, with the single-day number of the trips made by inbound and outbound tourists exceeding 50,000 for six consecutive days, a record high for this year. During the May Day Holiday, the outbound tourists from the Chinese mainland accounted for 70 percent of the total number of all outbound tourists, with countries such as Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, Thailand, and the United States, and regions like Hong Kong SAR being the most favored destinations.

The Beijing General Station of Exit and Entry Frontier Inspection has taken into account the arrival and departure countries of the most frequent flights at each port, and set up a multilingual service crew to provide consulting services for foreign travelers to improve communication and law enforcement.

(Source: The Beijing News)