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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, June 3 (Xinhua) — China recorded a total of 653.7 million inter-regional passenger trips during the three-day Dragon Boat Festival holiday, official data released by the Ministry of Transport showed Tuesday.
This figure increased by 2.5 percent compared to the same period last year, the above-mentioned ministry noted.
An ancient Chinese holiday known as the Duanwu Festival or Double Fifth Festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar. This year, the holiday was celebrated on Saturday, May 31. In China, May 31, June 1 and June 2 have been declared official holidays.
The volume of automobile passenger transport accounted for a large share of the total volume of public transport trips, reaching 597.32 million person-times.
Passenger traffic on railways amounted to 48.03 million person-times, on water transport – 2.73 million person-times.
The volume of passenger traffic at the country’s airports reached 5.63 million person-times. -0-