The traffic flow across China rises significantly but runs steadily and orderly on Sunday, the first day of the three-day Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, as Chinese people are traveling out to spend the public holiday or going home for family reunion.
The holiday travel rush on railway network started on Saturday, with more than 13 million passenger trips handled that day alone, according to China Railway Group.
The ridership is expected to rise significantly to 16.8 million trips on Sunday. The authority will run 896 extra trains and adjust schedules to meet the surging travel demand.
China's highways are predicted to carry 33 to 34 million vehicles on Sunday, as most holiday makers choose to drive to visit relatives and friends and enjoy short-distance road trips.
As the powerful typhoon Bebinca is expected to make landfall from Shanghai to north Fujian along the country's eastern coast from Sunday night to Monday morning, the Road Network Monitoring and Emergency Response Center under the Ministry of Transport has warned the travelers to pay attention to weather changes.
In terms of civil aviation, a total of 16,363 flights are expected to be operated across the country on Sunday, handling 1.89 million passenger trips.
The top 10 destination cities in China are Beijing, Chengdu, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Chongqing, Xi'an, Kunming, Hangzhou and Changsha.
China sees travel boom as Mid-Autumn Festival holiday begins
