China News Service, Haikou, October 8 (Reporter Wang Ziqian) The 2026 National Day holiday will be the first National Day holiday after the Hainan Free Trade Port closed its customs operations. The reporter learned from the Hainan Provincial Department of Transportation on the 8th that from October 1 to 7, 1.6495 million passengers entered and exited the island in Hainan Province, an increase of 8.47% compared with 2024 and an increase of 11.76% compared with 2025.
Data shows that the province's comprehensive transportation passenger volume during the National Day holiday was 3.0547 million, an increase of 3.09% and 9.79% respectively compared with 2024 and 2025. There were 1.6495 million passengers entering and leaving the island in the province, including 863,000 entering and 786,500 leaving the island. The peak passenger flow occurred on October 1, with 269,400 passengers entering and leaving the island in a single day.
During the National Day holiday, the passenger flow and vehicle flow in the Qiongzhou Strait continued to increase, with a total of 609,100 passengers entering and leaving the island, an increase of 16.45% and 24.21% respectively compared with the same period in the past two years; there were 156,300 vehicle trips in and out of the island, a steady increase year-on-year. New energy vehicles crossing the sea have experienced explosive growth, with a total of 36,300 vehicles traveling during the holiday, an increase of 154.09% compared with 2024 and an increase of 75.62% compared with 2025. Both the total number and proportion of new energy vehicles crossing the sea hit a new high during the National Day holiday.
In terms of civil aviation, the cumulative passenger throughput during the holidays was 1.0404 million, a steady increase compared with the same period in the past two years.
According to the transportation department, during the National Day holiday, highways, national and provincial trunk lines, and tourist roads around the island in Hainan Province generally have smooth traffic. Only some road sections around scenic spots have concentrated traffic and short-term slowdowns. The overall road network operation is stable and controllable.
The Hainan Provincial Department of Transportation stated that in the face of high passenger and vehicle flow and a substantial increase in new energy vehicles crossing the sea, Hainan has invested in 54 ro-ro passenger ships to implement a fixed schedule + dynamic overtime model to ensure the demand for cross-strait transportation. At the same time, we have also implemented upgraded management and control of 13 major hazard sources in 7 categories, and deepened cross-provincial joint prevention and control in Guangdong and Qiongzhou.
The relevant person in charge of the Hainan Provincial Department of Transportation stated that Hainan will continue to deepen the construction of smart straits and provincial TOCCs (Comprehensive Traffic Monitoring and Command Center) to ensure that they are completed and put into use before the Spring Festival in 2027; conduct regular unannounced inspections and supervision, control of major hazard sources, and tighten the responsibility for safety production; continue to rectify chaos in the passenger transport market, standardize the supervision of online ride-hailing and freight platforms; and improve normalized travel warning, information release, and public opinion handling mechanisms. At the same time, we will plan in advance the 2027 Spring Festival travel guarantee work to ensure that people travel safely, conveniently and warmly.
