China News Service, Beijing, October 7th (Reporter Zhou Yin) The Ministry of Transport of China disclosed on the 7th that from October 1st to 7th (National Day holiday) this year, the country is expected to send 403 million passengers, an average of 57.5 million passengers per day. In the same period of 2019 (7-day National Day holiday), the average daily decline was 33.9%, compared with the same period in 2020 (8-day National Day holiday of Mid-Autumn Festival), an average daily decrease of 7.5%.
During the National Day holiday, the railway is expected to send 83.073 million passengers, an average of 11.868 million per day, an average decrease of 19.3% over the same period in 2019 and an average decrease of 2.9% over the same period in 2020.
The highway is expected to send 304 million passengers, an average of 43.4 million passengers per day, an average daily decrease of 36.7% over the same period in 2019, and an average daily decrease of 8.3% over the same period in 2020.
The waterway is expected to send 6.312 million passengers, an average of 902,000 per day, an average daily decrease of 53.3% over the same period in 2019, and an average daily decrease of 7.4% over the same period in 2020.
Civil aviation is expected to send 9.31 million passengers, an average of 1.33 million per day, an average daily decrease of 26.9% over the same period in 2019, and an average daily decrease of 19.7% over the same period in 2020.
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