Ministry of Culture and Tourism: In the first half of the year, the number of domestic residents traveling was 3.285 billion.

On August 1st, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism released data on domestic residents' travels in the first half of 2025. According to the results of a sample survey on domestic residents' travel, in the first half of 2025, the number of domestic residents' trips was 3.285 billion, an increase of 20.6% year-on-year. Among them, urban residents took 2.452 billion trips, an increase of 17.5% year-on-year; rural residents took 0.833 billion trips, an increase of 30.6% year-on-year. In the first half of 2025, domestic residents spent 3.15 trillion yuan on their trips, an increase of 15.2% year-on-year. Among them, urban residents spent 2.60 trillion yuan on their trips, an increase of 12.5% year-on-year; rural residents spent 0.55 trillion yuan on their trips, an increase of 30.1% year-on-year. Source: Ministry of Culture and Tourism official website; edited by GMTEight: Chen Xiaoyi.