(Zibo Comprehensive News) Zibo City, Shandong Province, who became popular due to barbecue, attracted a large number of tourists during the May 1st holiday.focus on.

Comprehensive Times Weekly and "Qilu.com" reported that during the "May 1st" period this year, various tourist attractions in Zibo attracted more than 120,000 tourists from all over China, setting a record of the highest passenger traffic in the past 10 years and becoming the most concerned tourist purpose in the past 10 years.One of the place.During the five -day holiday, Zibo Railway Station reached more than 240,000 passengers, setting the highest record in history.

Because Zibo currently has no airport, some tourists who go to Zibo are diverted by airports in Jinan and Qingdao.Among them, the passenger throughput during the May 1st period of Qingdao Airport exceeded 320,000, and the passenger throughput at Jinan Airport was also expected to reach 287,000, all of which increased from the same period in 2019.According to reports, Jinan Airport also specially opened the "Zibo Barbecue" Airport Express, and the three lines operate a total of 24 flights per day.

Before Zibo became a "Internet celebrity", in January of this year, Shandong Province has included the construction of Zibo Airport into the planning of modern airport groups.

According to the Public Daily report of the Communist Party of China, the CPC's Shandong Provincial Party Committee Newspaper, the Zibo Civil Transport Airport Selection review meeting was held at the end of February, marking the entry of the initial work of the Zibo Airport project to enter the substantial stage.