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Throughout the duration of the APEC meeting in Beijing, citizens will be given a holiday for six days together with the government's encouragement for them to take off-city trips.
From Nov. 6 to Nov. 8, additional 14 trains will be made available to accommodate passengers who want to travel to Hefei, Hangzhou, Zaozhuang, and Shanghai, according to the Municipal Railway Bureau of Beijing (MRBoB).
"These routes were chosen based on tourists' choices of destination as well as the sales of tickets," MRBoB director of publicity Sun Yongtang said.
For the first day of holiday, many tickets going to Hangzhou, Nanjing, and Shanghai are already sold out, according to the official train ticket sales website of China.
Shipping of vehicles has also been offered by the MRBoB to car owners. With this scheme, traffic in Beijing will be reduced because car owners can have their vehicles shipped to their destination and drive them from there.
The shipping service will be open from Nov. 4 to 14 and applies to routes leading from Beijing to Sichuan, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi and Shaanxi. Shipping fees range from 1,400 yuan ($230) to 4,000 yuan.
The bureau also offers other travelling services, including local guides, hotel bookings and scenic spot tickets.
"In the future, we will introduce more featured service based on tourists' demands," said Sun.
Tourism Research Center honorary director Zhang Guangrui said that the measures taken show that industries involved in tourism respond fast to tourism market changes.
