Mid-Autumn Holiday Sees Record 243 Million Cross-Regional Trips, 169,000 Mainland Visitors to Hong Kong
HK01 · 3 SOURCESabout 5 hours ago2 MIN
Summary
On the first day of the mainland Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, transportation networks across China recorded unprecedented movement as over 243 million cross-regional passenger trips were registered on Friday, according to data from the Ministry of Transport . Hong Kong experienced a significant surge in both inbound and outbound travel, with mainland visitor arrivals reaching 169,914—a nearly 30 percent increase compared to the same day last year—while 387,722 residents crossed the border northward via land crossings, representing a 60 percent year-on-year rise from last year's Mid-Autumn Day figure of 235,008 .
Key Points
- Mainland China's total cross-regional passenger movement on Friday reached over 243 million person-trips, up 6.4 percent from Thursday, with rail, road, aviation, and waterway transport all showing significant growth
- National railways expected to carry 22.34 million passengers on Friday, with 1,218 additional trains deployed, including night high-speed services on popular routes such as the Beijing-Shanghai, Beijing-Guangzhou, and Beijing-Harbin corridors
- Civil aviation across the mainland handled an estimated 2.06 million passengers, with particularly heavy traffic between the four major city clusters: Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Yangtze River Delta, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau, and Chengdu-Chongqing
- Hong Kong recorded 169,914 mainland visitor arrivals on Friday, up nearly 30 percent year-on-year, with West Kowloon High Speed Rail station receiving the most (40,603) followed by the Lok Ma Chau Spur Line/Futian Checkpoint (36,138)
- Hong Kong residents made 479,250 outbound trips on Friday, with approximately 80 percent (387,722) heading north via land crossings; the East Rail's Lo Wu Station saw the highest volume at 116,206 departures, followed by Lok Ma Chau Spur Line at 87,121