BEIJING — Some 215.92 million passenger trips were handled by China's transportation sectors on Sunday, the first day of the three-day holiday for the Mid-Autumn Festival, up 37.9 percent year-on-year, according to data from the Ministry of Transport.

Of the total, China recorded 17.09 million passenger trips by railway, 544,100 by water, and 1.84 million by air.

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Highway traffic took the lion's share, with 196.45 million passenger trips.

The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on Sept 17 this year.