China cross-region trips reach 305M on Oct 4, up 1.3% YoY

The headline growth is modest, but the more telling figure is the roughly flat four-day cumulative total: holiday travel demand appears to be plateauing rather than accelerating. That matters for consumption proxies tied to mobility — retail, hospitality and local services — where volume stability may be masking softer per-trip spending. Whether the daily pace picks up over the remaining holiday days, and how the full-period total compares with last year, is the open question.