The citizens of Moldova have traveled more this year than in 2005. According to the National Bureau of Statistics of RM, in the first 5 months of 2006, compared to the same period of 2005, the number of passengers traveling by air has increased by 22.3%; by 11.3% - the number of passengers traveling by train; 6.6% - the number of passengers traveling by bus and maxi-taxi. Thus, 134,900 passengers benefited of air travel, 20,400 – of water transport, 45,5 million passengers – buses and maxi-taxis, 70.8% of them were transported by private businessmen. In January-April, 1.651.500 passengers traveled by train, data for May were not made public yet. At the same time, in January-May 2006, train, auto, fluvial and air transport enterprises have transported 4725,600 tones of goods, a smaller amount, by 18%, than the one registered in 2005. Concomitantly, the goods totaled 1.793,3 million tones-km, or by 3.8% more. 3.965,2 tones of goods, or 81.6% of the volume of last year were transported by train, via motor transport – 729,3, or 83.2% of the volume of 2005. The information of the National Bureau of Statistics of Moldova lacks data of the enterprises of the Transnistrian region and Tighina municipality.