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Airport passenger traffic in major cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Chengdu has collectively skyrocketed.

This is what has been happening this year.

Analysts believe that on the one hand, the domestic tourism market has recovered strongly, and on the other hand, a large number of foreigners have flocked to China for tourism.

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Airport passenger traffic ranking in the first half of the year:

Shanghai Pudong ranked first, Guangzhou Baiyun ranked second

In the first half of this year, the passenger throughput of all airports in the country reached 350 million, a year-on-year increase of 23.5% and an increase of 9.0% over the same period in 2019. The passenger flow of 350 million is equivalent to a quarter of China's total population (1.409 billion).

Let’s take a look at the data of airports in key cities.

From January to June this year,Shanghai Pudong AirportThe passenger throughput reached 36.8794 million, an increase of 67.6% year-on-year, surpassing Baiyun Airport by a slight margin to become the busiest airport in the country.

In the first half of the year,Guangzhou Baiyun AirportThe passenger throughput reached 36.6528 million, an increase of 26.67% year-on-year. Due to the frequent occurrence of severe weather such as heavy rains in Guangdong in the first half of the year, the passenger flow of Baiyun Airport dropped to second place. Someone has done statistics and found that in the second quarter of this year, there were only 7 days without rain in Guangzhou out of 52 days.