Passengers board a train at Jinhua Railway Station in Jinhua, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 29, 2025. China's National Day holiday travel rush started on Sept. 29 and will last until Oct. 10. Photo: Xinhua

A sample survey on Chinese mainlanders' travel habits has found that they made a total of 6.522 billion trips in 2025, an increase of 907 million trips compared with the same period of the previous year, representing a year-on-year growth of 16.2 percent, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism said on Monday.

Among them, urban residents made 4.996 billion domestic trips, marking a year-on-year increase of 14.3 percent, while rural residents made 1.526 billion domestic trips, a year-on-year increase of 22.6 percent, the ministry said. 

In 2025, Chinese mainland residents spent 6.30 trillion yuan ($903.41billion) on travel, an increase of 0.55 trillion yuan compared with the same period of the previous year, representing a year-on-year growth of 9.5 percent, according to the ministry. 

Among them, urban residents spent 5.30 trillion yuan on travel, marking a year-on-year increase of 7.5 percent, while rural residents spent 1.00 trillion yuan on travel, a year-on-year increase of 21.4 percent, the ministry said. 

Global Times