Analysis on The Decision-Making Characteristics of The Transportation Connection Modes Selection for Tourists in Railway Hubs During Short Holidays in The Post-Epidemic Era: Taking Chengdu East Railway Station as An Example

: The tourism industry is gradually recovering in the post-epidemic era, but the impact of the epidemic on tourists' choice of connection modes in transportation hubs remains to be studied. Based on the field investigation during the "May Day" period of 2022 at the railway passenger transport hub of Chengdu East Railway Station, this paper analyzed the characteristics and influencing factors of the transportation connection modes selection for tourists, so as to support the improvement of railway hub transportation services for short-term tourists in the post-epidemic era. We first obtained data on 1,062 passengers through a questionnaire survey, of which 236 were for tourism purposes, and then used statistical software to analyze. According to the data of these 236 tourists (including 137 departing passengers and 99 arriving passengers) we found: First, tourists were mainly young and low-income people, generally within three people and carrying a small amount of luggage, whose destinations or starting points were mainly in the central urban area. Secondly, more than half of the tourists travelled by direct shuttle transportation, and more than 90% chose the simple travel chain scheme. Thirdly, nearly 70% of tourists chose public transportation as the backbone mode of transportation connection, and in the simple travel chain scheme, rail transit and conventional bus interchange are the core travel chain links. The results showed that the primacy factor of decision making is the operation speed of the connection mode, followed by the time reliability and price of the connection mode.