In the first nine months of 2026, cruise ships on the Yangtze Three Gorges route made a total of 3,472 trips.

According to the WeChat official account of the Chongqing Cruise Center, in September 2026, cruise ships on the Yangtze River Three Gorges made 478 trips, 99.38% of the same period in 2025; completed a passenger volume of 119,500, 113.49% of the same period in 2025; and the average passenger load factor of the cruise ships was 70.41%, up 2.78 percentage points from the same period in 2025. From January to September 2026, cruise ships on the Yangtze River Three Gorges made a cumulative total of 3,472 trips, 91.32% of the same period in 2025; completed a cumulative passenger volume of 962,100, 106.74% of the same period in 2025; and the average passenger load factor of the cruise ships was 78.84%, up 3.08 percentage points from the same period in 2025.