DUSHANBE, Tajikistan, October 2. A total of 579.805 million passengers were transported in Tajikistan from January through August 2023, Trend reports.
Data from the Tajikistan Statistics Agency shows that this figure increased by 6.6 percent, compared to the same period last year.
Land transport accounted for 99.9 percent of the total passenger volume across all modes of transportation. During this period, 565.610 million passengers were also transported by motor transport.
The passenger turnover for all types of transport during this period amounted to 7.408 billion passenger-kilometers, which is a 16.7-percent increase compared to the same period last year.
At the same time, all types of transport transported 75.305 million tons of cargo from January through August 2023, which is a 13.8-percent increase compared to the same period last year. The cargo turnover across all modes of transport in the first 8 months of 2023 was at 7.403 billion ton-kilometers.