The so-called "strictest new traffic regulations in history" have been implemented. Reporters learned from multiple travel agencies that during the New Year’s holiday, considering the need for some time to adapt to the revised traffic rules, some private car owners opted out of self-driving and instead chose group tours or independent travel. Industry insiders noted that after more than a month of adaptation, coupled with the continued exemption of tolls for small passenger vehicles on highways during the Spring Festival, the self-driving tour market is expected to boom once again.
Reporters learned from travel agencies in Shanghai that recently, Shanghai residents have shown the most interest in self-driving trips to destinations such as Tangshan in Nanjing and the Dinosaur Valley in Changzhou. The hot spring theme has undisputedly become the most popular theme for self-driving tours. Coupled with the region's abundant hot spring resources and highly developed expressway network in the Yangtze River Delta, travelers’ options are also impressively diverse.