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foreign media: national day "golden week" outbound travel bookings surge

2024-09-22

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reference news reported on september 22according to a report by latin american news agency on september 20, recently, china's various tourism platforms have seen a surge in outbound travel bookings during the national day "golden week".

according to gao song, a branch manager of a travel agency in beijing's wangjing district, long- and short-term trips abroad account for 30 percent of total bookings.

he said: "driven by the paris olympics, european travel orders have generally increased. türkiye and egypt have also become popular tourist destinations."

according to data from the booking platform, as of mid-september, international flight and hotel orders around the national day on october 1 covered 1,597 cities in 144 countries, and international air ticket bookings doubled compared with the same period last year.

among them, outbound travel bookings by residents of china's third-tier and below cities increased 2.5 times compared to 2023.

in addition, various cultural activities such as art exhibitions and concerts have also attracted many chinese tourists this year. he changhua, who is responsible for business development at an accommodation platform, said in an interview with the media: "compared with the may day holiday, tourists' interest in overseas accommodation during the national day 'golden week' has increased nearly four times."

october 1 is china's national day. this year marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the people's republic of china.