China has reported more than 653.7 million inter-regional passenger trips during the just-concluded Dragon Boat Festival holiday, data from the Ministry of Transport showed on Tuesday.

The figure represents a 2.5 percent increase compared to the same holiday last year, the ministry said.

This year's Dragon Boat Festival, also known as the Duanwu Festival, was celebrated on May 31, and the public holiday ran from May 31 to June 2.

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A breakdown of the data showed that road traffic accounted for the lion's share of these trips, with over 597.32 million trips made by road during the holiday.

Railway passenger trips totaled 48.03 million, while the waterway passenger volume came in at 2.73 million.

Airlines handled 5.63 million passenger trips during the holiday, according to the data.

Border inspection authorities across the country have seen more than 5.9 million cross-border passenger trips during the three-day Dragon Boat Festival holiday, which concluded on Monday, the National Immigration Administration (NIA) said on Tuesday.

This is 2.7 percent more than in the holiday period last year, the administration said.

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Sunday saw cross-border travel peak, with over 2 million people, it said.

A total of 231,000 foreign nationals entered China visa-free, a 59.4 percent year-on-year increase.

The authorities also checked 263,000 vehicles, 10.5 percent more than in the same period last year.