Data surge in cross-border travel during Dragon Boat Festival holiday

China's border inspection authorities processed 6.67 million inbound and outbound trips by Chinese and foreign travelers during the three-day Dragon Boat Festival holiday, the National Immigration Administration said on Monday.

The daily average reached 2.22 million trips, up 12.9 percent from the same holiday period last year. Passenger traffic peaked on June 20, when nearly 2.31 million crossings were recorded.

Mainland residents made 2.92 million inbound and outbound trips, an increase of 5.5 percent year-on-year, while residents of Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan made 2.97 million trips, up 18.4 percent. Foreign nationals made 777,000 inbound and outbound trips, an increase of 23.3 percent from a year earlier. Among incoming foreign travelers, 266,000 entered China under visa-free policies, up 15.2 percent year-on-year.

The authorities also examined 305,000 inbound and outbound aircraft, ships, trains, and motor vehicles, an increase of 16 percent from the same period last year.