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Spring festival travel still well below pre-pandemic levels

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Sorry, mama – maybe next year.
The Ministry of Transport (MoT) dropped official travel numbers for the Lunar New Year on Sunday.
The headline:

More people manage to make the trip home this year than last year, but the numbers were still way below 2019 levels.

Some context: Travel over the LNY holi...