Planet's top mass travel frenzy begins

In Shanghai as well as Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui provinces, 464 ticket checking machines in railway and bus terminals allow swift passage using facial recognition technology.

Some 73 million flights are expected to be made over the holiday period, a year-on-year increase of 12 percent, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China.

Beijing Capital International Airport, the country's busiest, said it expects to process 11.5 million passenger trips during the travel rush, a year-on-year increase of 4.4 percent.

In Shanghai, the city's two airports are expected to handle about 13.25 million passenger trips in total.