BEIJING - China's Transport Ministry expects a 20 per cent drop in road traffic and a 55 per cent fall in flights during the three-day Qingming holiday due to a flare-up of Covid-19 cases in the country.
Chinese typically travel back to their home towns to worship their ancestors during the tomb-sweeping festival. The number of planned flights was forecast to decrease by 55 per cent this holiday from the year before, with air travellers also at only 20 per cent of last year's levels, the ministry said.
The country's"dynamic clearance" Covid-19 policy has dampened consumption of transportation fuels in China.
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