Retirees choose offseason travel in China

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00:00With the weather getting colder in northern China, many retirees are migrating south to

00:11spend the winter in a warmer climate.

00:13At the Shenzhen Bauan International Airport, seniors dragging heavy luggage have become

00:18an increasingly regular sight these days.

00:22I'm from Harbin, and I'm taking a trip to Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Macau and Zhuhai, and

00:28then I'll spend the whole winter in Sanya.

00:31Data from an airline passenger service platform shows that now, during the off-season, the

00:36average price of domestic flights has been around 106 U.S. dollars.

00:41For senior travelers, cheap and comfortable are their top requirements.

00:47From late of last month, attendance rate on the flights, which from Beijing, Harbin, Changchun

00:52and Shenyang to Shenzhen is up to 85 percent, about 4 percent more than last year.

00:57The number of the elderly on a flight is over 50.

01:01Data shows that by the end of last year, there were more than 300 million people aged 60 and

01:06above in China, accounting for 22 percent of the total population.