China sees over 650m trips during Dragon Boat Festival holiday

By Luo Wangshu | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2026-06-21 18:39

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Tourists in Rongcheng, Shandong province, enjoy a boat trip out to sea on Friday during the three-day Dragon Boat Festival holiday. People across the nation choose to relax, celebrate and engage in various cultural and leisure activities. LI XINJUN/FOR CHINA DAILY

China is expected to record more than 650 million cross-regional passenger trips during the three-day Dragon Boat Festival holiday, which ends on Sunday, the Ministry of Transport said on Sunday.

From Friday to Sunday, total cross-regional passenger flows are projected to reach 652.78 million, with a daily average of 217.59 million trips, largely unchanged from the same period last year.

Railways are expected to handle 49.45 million passenger trips during the holiday, averaging 16.48 million trips per day, up 2.97 percent year-on-year.

Road travel remained the dominant mode of transport, with total passenger flows expected to reach 594.89 million, or 198.3 million per day, down 0.4 percent year-on-year.

Waterway passenger trips are expected to total 2.76 million, with a daily average of 921,000, up 1.16 percent year-on-year.

Civil aviation is expected to handle 5.68 million passenger trips during the holiday, averaging 1.89 million trips per day, up 0.6 percent year-on-year.

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