China's May Day travel set to smash record with over 1.5 bln trips

Home

China

World

Politics

Business

Sci-Tech

Health

Opinions

Video

Live

Radio

World Asia-Pacific Middle East Europe Americas Africa

By continuing to browse our site you agree to our use of cookies, revised Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. You can change your cookie settings through your browser.

I agree

Passengers board a high-speed train at Longmen Station in Luoyang, Henan Province, central China, May 1, 2026. /VCG

The total volume of cross-regional passenger trips during China's five-day May Day holiday is estimated to have surpassed 1.5 billion, with an average of over 300 million trips per day, up 4% year on year, the Ministry of Transport said Tuesday.

On May 5 alone, the last day of the holiday, total inter-regional trips reached 290 million, marking an 8% increase from a year earlier.

Breaking down the figures, railway passenger trips totaled 23 million on the day, a year-on-year increase of 9%. Road travel remained the dominant mode, up 8% to 263.7 million trips.

Waterway passenger traffic reached 1.035 million trips, up 1.4%, while civil aviation handled 2.3 million trips, down 0.7% year on year.

Open in CGTN APP for better experience

Search Trends