Total passenger trips made during
China's Dragon Boat Festival holiday are expected to reach 124 million,
according to official data. The
average daily passenger trips will likely exceed 41.23 million during
the period, up by 52.5 percent year on year, the Ministry of Transport
said Monday. The figure was down by 18.8 percent compared with 2019, the data showed. The Dragon Boat Festival holiday extended from June 12 to 14 this year. During
the three-day holiday, the country's railway sector will likely handle
over 31.67 million passenger trips, up by 58.1 percent year on year. The
civil aviation sector is expected to see 3.71 million passenger trips,
up by 40.1 percent from a year earlier, the data showed.
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