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27 storiesChina logs 826 million domestic trips, 738 billion yuan spent over National Day holiday
China recorded 826 million domestic trips during the seven-day 2026 National Day holiday, with total domestic travel spending of 738.375 billion yuan, according to calculations by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism data centre reported on …
China logs 15.462 million border crossings over National Day holiday, up 6.7%
China's border inspection authorities handled 15.462 million entries and exits during this year's National Day holiday, a daily average of 2.209 million and 6.7% more than a year earlier, the National Immigration Administration said. Crossi…
Hengqin Port single-day passenger flow tops 150,000, setting record
Hengqin Port in Zhuhai handled more than 150,000 inbound and outbound passengers on Oct 4, the peak of the National Day holiday and a record since the port opened, the Hengqin border checkpoint said. The figure surpassed the previous single…
Zhuhai border crossings top 2.24 million in first three days of National Day holiday
Zhuhai's border checkpoints handled more than 2.24 million inbound and outbound passenger trips in the first three days of the National Day holiday, up about 5% year on year, the Zhuhai General Station of Exit and Entry Frontier Inspection …
Guangdong received 62.789 million tourists over 2026 National Day holiday
Guangdong province received 62.789 million tourist visits during the 2026 National Day holiday, with tourism spending of 58.44 billion yuan, according to a preliminary estimate published by Guangdong Release. Daily averages rose 10.1% and 8…
China-Vietnam border Hekou port crossings top 5 million in 2026, up 6.12%
Cross-border traffic at the Hekou port in Yunnan, China's largest land crossing on the border with Vietnam, passed 5 million people for the year as of October 6, according to the Hekou Exit-Entry Border Inspection Station. The station count…
Guangdong says 4A-rated and above scenic spots drew 4.04 million visitors on holiday's third day
Guangdong's provincial culture and tourism department estimated that 4A-rated and above scenic spots in the province received 4.044 million visitors on Oct 3, the third day of the National Day holiday. Monitored sites also drew visitors: 61…
Shanghai Pudong airport port logs over 319,000 crossings in first three days of National Day holiday
Shanghai Pudong International Airport's port handled more than 319,000 inbound and outbound travellers and over 2,100 passenger and cargo flights in the first three days of the National Day holiday, from October 1 to 3, the Shanghai Airport…
Hainan duty-free sales reach 855m yuan in first National Day holiday after customs closure
Hainan's offshore duty-free shopping totalled 855 million yuan from October 1 to 7, the first National Day holiday since the Hainan Free Trade Port's customs closure (封关), with 123,000 shoppers, Haikou Customs said. Passengers entering and …
China's post-holiday airfares fall more than 30%, reports say
Average air ticket prices paid for October 10–31 were more than 30% below National Day holiday levels, according to online travel booking platform data reported by Chinese outlets. Some domestic routes had base fares of around 200–300 yuan,…
Hainan logs 4.754 million tourist visits in 2026 National Day holiday, spending up 14.7%
Hainan received 4.754 million tourist visits during the 2026 National Day holiday, up 13.1% from 2025, and tourists spent a total of 6.875 billion yuan, up 14.7%, according to figures reported by Yicai, 36Kr and Jiemian. Offshore duty-free …
Israel issues travel warning for citizens abroad ahead of Oct 7 anniversary
Israel's Prime Minister's Office published an official notice on social media on Oct 6 warning Israeli citizens abroad to raise their security awareness, citing a higher risk of attack plots and demonstrations ahead of the third anniversary…
Jinan reports 794,100 visitors at 30 monitored scenic spots on holiday's third day
Jinan's 30 monitored scenic areas received 794,100 visitors and 23.5316 million yuan in revenue as of 14:00 on 3 October, the third day of the 2026 National Day holiday, according to the city's 济南发布 channel. The same release reported 187,90…
Sichuan's A-level scenic spots logged 46.03 million visits over National Day holiday
A-level scenic spots in Sichuan province that are included in the statistics received 46.0296 million visits during the seven-day National Day holiday, and total tourism spending reached 34.087 billion yuan. Jiemian, citing "Sichuan Release…
Taishan scenic area denies rumor of charging 80 yuan an hour for rain shelter
The Taishan scenic area management committee issued a notice on Oct 6 denying online claims that visitors were charged 80 yuan an hour to shelter from rain, saying the reports were false information assembled by individual self-media accoun…
Platform data show China holiday travel shifting to multi-city “city-hopping”
During China's combined Mid-Autumn and National Day holiday, a travel pattern dubbed “跳城游” — stringing two or more cities into a single trip — drew wide attention. Platform data cited by Yicai and China News Service showed bookings for flig…
China’s National Day holiday brings crowds to small counties and towns
Small counties and towns across China drew heavy tourist traffic during the National Day holiday, with Qinghai’s Qilian County receiving more than 100,000 visitors on 3 October and all of its 400-plus hotels and guesthouses full, according …
Guizhou's Qinglong makes 24 Zigzags viewing platform and exhibition hall free of charge
The Qinglong county government in Guizhou said on 4 October that the viewing platform and exhibition hall at the 24 Zigzags (二十四道拐) scenic area are free of admission from that day. The notice said the wartime highway inside the scenic area …
Young Chinese plan 13-day holiday trips with spreadsheets and AI drafts
Young travellers in China planned their Mid-Autumn and National Day holiday trips with detailed spreadsheets, using AI for first-draft routes, in reports published by Huxiu, Jiemian and TMTPost. Qunar data cited in the reports showed travel…
China's travel agencies struggle despite 300 million daily holiday trips
Traditional Chinese travel agencies are losing business even though more than 300 million people travelled each day during the National Day holiday, according to Transport Ministry data cited by Jiemian and TMTPost. About 2,400 agencies clo…