China expects 230 mil to travel for Lunar New Year
The Associated Press, Beijing | Sat, 01/15/2011 10:38 AM
China says about 230 million people will be
traveling during the Lunar New Year holiday season, which unleashes
the world's biggest annual human migration.
Wang Zhiguo, the vice minister of railways, told a press
conference Saturday that the number of expected travelers is up 12.5
percent from last year.
Wang's comments were posted on the ministry's website.
China's holiday travel season officially starts Wednesday and
ends Feb. 27, with the Lunar New Year falling on Feb. 3. Throughout
the period, workers and students across the country will try to make
it home. For some workers, it's their only visit home of the year.
