THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON INTERCITY TRAVEL DURING CHINESE FESTIVALS

ZHAO Zi-yu; ZHAO Shi-yao; HAN Zhong-hui; LIU Lu; JIA Ju-hui; WANG Shi-jun

doi:10.13959/j.issn.1003-2398.2022.02.017

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HUMAN GEOGRAPHY ›› 2022, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (2) : 141-149,172. DOI: 10.13959/j.issn.1003-2398.2022.02.017

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THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON INTERCITY TRAVEL DURING CHINESE FESTIVALS

ZHAO Zi-yu¹, ZHAO Shi-yao¹, HAN Zhong-hui², LIU Lu¹, JIA Ju-hui¹, WANG Shi-jun³

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Based on migration data from Baidu, the study compares the difference in population flow between 2020 and 2019 during three important Chinese festivals, i.e., Qingming Festival, Labor Day, and National Day, and explores the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on the population travelling between cities during these festivals. The study first points out that the COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on such travel. On the Qingming Festival and Labor Day in 2020, the average daily population flow intensity, according to Baidu, decreased by 50.1% and 45.2%, respectively, compared with the same periods in 2019, and there were significant spatial differences in this effect. Second, this study argues that the flow intensity of the population travelling between cities showed a trend of recovery. Meanwhile, the weight and compactness of the population travel network continued to increase. Within this pattern, intercity travel on Labor Day showed recovery in average intensity, but a reduction in average distance, and an increase in network modularity index, indicating that under the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic, people tended to travel short distances, and they were more diversified in destination selection. Finally, this study proposes that the recurrence of local epidemics will have a significant impact on the travel intensity of the population during Chinese festivals in the short term.

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population flow / intercity travel / holiday travel / time and space changes / COVID-19

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ZHAO Zi-yu, ZHAO Shi-yao, HAN Zhong-hui, LIU Lu, JIA Ju-hui, WANG Shi-jun. THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON INTERCITY TRAVEL DURING CHINESE FESTIVALS[J]. HUMAN GEOGRAPHY. 2022, 37(2): 141-149,172 https://doi.org/10.13959/j.issn.1003-2398.2022.02.017

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