Home » CHINA TRAVEL NEWS » Travel Surge in China During National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival Holiday, Here’s What You Need to Know Published on October 4, 2025 During the eight-day holiday which includes the National Day and the Mid-Autumn Festival, China sees a lot of tourist activity. Starting on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, the…
Home » TRAVEL NEWS » China Leads In Transforming Holiday Travel, Introducing Expanded Railway Capacity And Streamlined Transfer Services For National Day And Mid-Autumn Festival Published on October 4, 2025 China’s approach to shaping holiday travel has led to remarkable advancements in the railway travel system paired with improvements in the equity of transfer services….
China’s tourism sector is off to a strong start as the extra-long “super golden week” holiday begins, with railway travel breaking records and tickets for many popular attractions selling out – a welcome sign for Beijing as it continues its efforts to spur domestic spending. On the first day of the eight-day holiday, created by…
BEIJING — China’s national railway recorded 23.13 million trips on the first day of the country’s eight-day National Day holiday on Wednesday (Oct 1), up nearly eight per cent from a year earlier and setting a single-day record, state media CCTV reported. More than 19 million trips were expected to be made on the railway…
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This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Hong Kong is bracing for its fourth storm in five weeks, with a typhoon forecast to move close to the city this weekend, hot on the heels of Super Typhoon Ragasa which brought life…
Visa-free travel abroad and free toll roads at home are expected to fuel a surge in travel by Chinese citizens during an extra-long holiday starting this week, in what analysts call a boon for the service economy. Total trips outside mainland China are forecast to reach between 8 million and 8.4 million – more than…
Hong Kong kicked off National Day “golden week” celebrations on Tuesday with two People’s Liberation Army (PLA) warships thrilling onlookers at Victoria Harbour and the catering sector betting on a business bump of up to 20 per cent amid a raft of festivities in the city. Michael Leung Chun-wah, chairman of the Association for Hong…
As China’s National Day holiday approaches, prices of hairy crabs, one of the most popular seasonal gifts at this time of the year, are down markedly as the first batches are delivered to markets across the country. Industry insiders predict that prices will fall further, citing higher production, shrinking gift-giving demand and weak household spending….
In this undated file photo passengers are seen at Futian Railway Station in Shenzhen, Aug 19, 2025. (PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) BEIJING – China is expected to record an average of 2 million daily border crossings during the upcoming eight-day National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, authorities said Sunday. According to the National Immigration Administration…