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China sees travel up 37.9% on first day of Mid-Autumn Festival holiday

CGTN

Passengers are seen at Beijing North Railway Station, Beijing, China, September 15, 2024. /CFP
Passengers are seen at Beijing North Railway Station, Beijing, China, September 15, 2024. /CFP

Passengers are seen at Beijing North Railway Station, Beijing, China, September 15, 2024. /CFP

Some 215.92 million passenger trips were handled by China's transportation sectors on Sunday, the first day of the three-day holiday for the Mid-Autumn Festival, up 37.9 percent year on year, according to data from the Ministry of Transport.

Of the total, China recorded 17.09 million passenger trips by railway, 544,100 by water and 1.84 million by air.

Highway traffic took the lion's share, with 196.45 million passenger trips.

The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on September 17 this year.

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Source(s): Xinhua News Agency
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