The Spring Festival of the Year of the Dragon is coming soon, and now all major ** are reporting on the grand occasion of migrant workers returning to their hometowns. However, on the whole, the number of people traveling in China's Spring Festival in 2024 has decreased significantly compared with previous years. In this regard, many scholars find it difficult to understand that the number of migrant workers returning to their hometowns in 2024 will be greatly reduced, and the large-scale "return to their hometowns" will disappear.
However, we believe that there are many ways for migrant workers to celebrate the Spring Festival, and they will no longer return to their hometowns on the eve of the Spring Festival like migratory birds as in the past, and then return to the city to work like migratory birds. Of course, there are several main reasons for the disappearance of the "return to hometown" of migrant workers in 2024:
First, the cost of going home is relatively large
In 2023, all walks of life will be sluggish, and many migrant workers will not earn much money due to the decrease in their earnings. But if you go back to your hometown for the Spring Festival in the Year of the Dragon, you will encounter various banquet invitations in the village, and you will have to give money, or the younger generations will give red envelopes when they come to pay New Year's greetings. If you add the round-trip travel expenses, even if you make a little money throughout the year, there will be little left. Therefore, many migrant workers do not dare to go back because they do not earn much money, and they mainly cannot afford all kinds of expenses in the countryside and round-trip expenses.
Second, the psychological pressure is relatively high
Originally, some migrant workers were very happy to be able to return to their hometowns and reunite with their families at the end of the year. However, now I am not happy, because after the migrant workers return to their hometowns, they will meet acquaintances and ask you what kind of work you do? How much do you make per month? If you answer truthfully, you will feel embarrassed, but if you don't, you will feel embarrassed. Therefore, it is better not to meet such acquaintances.
In addition, around the Spring Festival, there are many blind date activities in rural areas, which are intended to solve the marriage problem of young men and women, but now the success rate of rural blind date activities is getting lower and lower. At the urging of their parents, they had to participate in such activities. Therefore, some young people simply choose to spend the Spring Festival in the city because they are afraid that they will be forced by their parents to participate in various blind date activities after returning to their hometowns.
Third, stay in the city and work overtime during the Spring Festival
Some migrant workers have not returned to their hometowns, mainly because of the demand for work in the city, and this group of people is mainly concentrated in the catering, manufacturing, construction and other industries. The reason why they can't go back is because the employer not only gives them New Year's gifts, but also invites them to Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and works overtime during the Spring Festival, which can double their overtime pay and red envelopes. Therefore, in order to get more income, some migrant workers choose not to go back for the New Year during the Spring Festival. Prepare to wait until after the holidays to return to your hometown to see your family.
Fourth, some migrant workers have long returned to their hometowns for development
Since the relaxation of epidemic control in early 2023, it has become increasingly difficult to find jobs in the city. Many migrant workers have searched around the city but have not found any suitable jobs for them. As a result, some migrant workers choose to return to their hometowns for development, or to start a small business, or to find a job in a township-run factory, so that they can avoid the pain of leaving their relatives.
Therefore, the number of migrant workers who went to the city to work last year has decreased significantly, and the number of migrant workers returning to their hometowns for the holidays this year will also decrease. In addition, due to the poor efficiency, some enterprises let migrant workers return to their hometowns early for the holiday, and many migrant workers returned to their hometowns a few weeks ago, so during the Spring Festival, these people will not be seen.
The number of people traveling during the Spring Festival this year has decreased significantly compared with the past, and there is no longer a large-scale "return to their hometowns" of migrant workers. As a result, some people asked: Will the "homecoming tide" disappear in 2024 because there is no money to go home? In fact, there is a reason why this year's large-scale "homecoming wave" did not appear.
Some people are reluctant to return to their hometowns for the holidays, mainly because they are worried about the cost of going home and the pressure. There are also some people who stay in the city and work overtime during the Spring Festival. Of course, there are also many migrant workers who have already returned to their hometowns for development, and some have already returned to their hometowns for the holidays in advance. Therefore, it is not surprising that we are not seeing a large-scale "return to their hometowns" of migrant workers now.