107 million people travel during the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2024

During this year’s Mid-Autumn Festival (September 15-17), China’s cross-regional personnel flow exceeded 620 million, 107 million domestic trips, total travel expenses of 51.047 billion yuan, and active performance markets in many places, reflecting the steady and progressive development of my country’s economy.

Travelers exceeded 620 million

Data released by the Ministry of Transport on the 18th showed that during this year’s Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, China’s cross-regional personnel flow was 629.564 million, with an average of 209.854 million per day, an average increase of 31.1% over the same period in 2023.

Specifically, the railway passenger volume was 42.573 million, with an average of 14.191 million per day; the water passenger volume was 1.981 million, with an average of 660,000 per day; the civil aviation passenger volume was 5.069 million, with an average of 1.69 million per day.

The cross-regional passenger flow on highways (including non-commercial passenger car travel on expressways and ordinary national and provincial roads, and commercial passenger traffic on highways) was 579.94 million, with an average of 193.313 million people per day. Among them, the non-commercial passenger car travel on expressways and ordinary national and provincial roads was 475.49 million, with an average of 158.497 million people per day; the commercial passenger traffic on highways was 104.45 million, with an average of 34.817 million people per day.