Twenty-five provinces in China revealed its tourism revenue over the eight-day National Day holiday, 15 of which exceeded 10 billion yuan according to officials. And Jiangsu Province tops the list.
This year's National Day holiday is the first golden week since China entered the epidemic prevention and control period. Domestic civil aviation, railway, automobile, and other transportation are all fully restored.
People eating at a popular restaurants in Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, during the National Day holiday. /CFP
People eating at a popular restaurants in Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, during the National Day holiday. /CFP
According to data released by China's biggest online travel agency Ctrip, the peak travel season in China started one day before the Golden Week holiday. On October 1, China's railways carried 15.09 million passengers and civil aviation 1.67 million, both record highs for a single day since the outbreak began.
On Ctrip, all kinds of travel modes, including flights, trains, buses and rentals cars, have achieved overall growth. Among them, the number of air tickets increased by more than 100 percent month on month in September, the number of train tickets increased by more than 300 percent month on month, and the number of bus tickets increased by more than 200 percent month on month.
Boats on West Lake, Hangzhou City, during the National Day holiday. /CFP
Boats on West Lake, Hangzhou City, during the National Day holiday. /CFP
Residents in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen traveled the most, while Sanya, Shanghai, Beijing, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Xi'an, Kunming, Nanjing ranked top as popular destinations.
Among all Ctrip users during the holiday, the ratio of male to female was 52:48. But what is more noteworthy is that the post-90s, post-00s accounted for more than 60 percent of travelers.