China logs 2.4 billion cross-regional passenger trips during holiday travel surge

This photo taken on Oct. 8, 2025 shows a train running in Kunming City, southwest China's Yunnan Province. During the eight-day National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday which ended on Wednesday, cross-regional passenger trips reached approximately 2.43 billion nationwide, the Ministry of Transport announced Thursday. From Oct. 1 to 8, a daily average of 304 million cross-regional passenger trips were made, rising 6.3 percent year-on-year and hitting a record high. (Photo by Zheng Yi/Xinhua)

BEIJING, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- During the eight-day National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday which ended on Wednesday, cross-regional passenger trips reached approximately 2.43 billion nationwide, the Ministry of Transport announced Thursday.

From Oct. 1 to 8, a daily average of 304 million cross-regional passenger trips were made, rising 6.3 percent year-on-year and hitting a record high.

Demand for travel options such as small-group tours, self-driving trips and family-friendly trips stayed robust, underscoring the holiday travel boom.

China's railways handled 153.96 million passenger trips, with a daily average of 19.24 million, representing a year-on-year increase of 2.6 percent, according to the ministry.

Waterway and civil aviation passenger volume totaled 11.66 million and 19.14 million, respectively. Road passenger volume hit 2.25 billion, with a daily average of 281.05 million trips, marking a year-on-year increase of 6.6 percent. ■

Passengers are seen at Wuxi Railway Station in Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu Province, Oct. 7, 2025. During the eight-day National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday which ended on Wednesday, cross-regional passenger trips reached approximately 2.43 billion nationwide, the Ministry of Transport announced Thursday.

From Oct. 1 to 8, a daily average of 304 million cross-regional passenger trips were made, rising 6.3 percent year-on-year and hitting a record high. (Photo by Huan Yueliang/Xinhua)

A drone photo taken on Oct. 8, 2025 shows vehicles running on the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province. During the eight-day National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday which ended on Wednesday, cross-regional passenger trips reached approximately 2.43 billion nationwide, the Ministry of Transport announced Thursday.

From Oct. 1 to 8, a daily average of 304 million cross-regional passenger trips were made, rising 6.3 percent year-on-year and hitting a record high. (Photo by Yang Suping/Xinhua)

Passengers are seen at Harbin Railway Station in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Oct. 7, 2025. During the eight-day National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday which ended on Wednesday, cross-regional passenger trips reached approximately 2.43 billion nationwide, the Ministry of Transport announced Thursday.

From Oct. 1 to 8, a daily average of 304 million cross-regional passenger trips were made, rising 6.3 percent year-on-year and hitting a record high. (Photo by Yuan Yong/Xinhua)

Passengers are seen at Lianyungang Railway Station in Lianyungang, east China's Jiangsu Province, Oct. 7, 2025. During the eight-day National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday which ended on Wednesday, cross-regional passenger trips reached approximately 2.43 billion nationwide, the Ministry of Transport announced Thursday.

From Oct. 1 to 8, a daily average of 304 million cross-regional passenger trips were made, rising 6.3 percent year-on-year and hitting a record high. (Photo by Geng Yuhe/Xinhua)

A drone photo taken on Oct. 7, 2025 shows vehicles running on a bridge in Zhoushan City, east China's Zhejiang Province. During the eight-day National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday which ended on Wednesday, cross-regional passenger trips reached approximately 2.43 billion nationwide, the Ministry of Transport announced Thursday.

From Oct. 1 to 8, a daily average of 304 million cross-regional passenger trips were made, rising 6.3 percent year-on-year and hitting a record high. (Photo by Zou Xunyong/Xinhua)

Passengers are seen at Nanjing Railway Station in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, Oct. 7, 2025. During the eight-day National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday which ended on Wednesday, cross-regional passenger trips reached approximately 2.43 billion nationwide, the Ministry of Transport announced Thursday.

From Oct. 1 to 8, a daily average of 304 million cross-regional passenger trips were made, rising 6.3 percent year-on-year and hitting a record high. (Photo by Yang Suping/Xinhua)

An aerial drone photo taken on Oct. 7, 2025 shows vehicles traveling on roads in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province. During the eight-day National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday which ended on Wednesday, cross-regional passenger trips reached approximately 2.43 billion nationwide, the Ministry of Transport announced Thursday.

From Oct. 1 to 8, a daily average of 304 million cross-regional passenger trips were made, rising 6.3 percent year-on-year and hitting a record high. (Photo by Yang Suping/Xinhua)