Shanghai is expected to see many visitors during National Day. (Photo : Getty Images)
A week-log holiday, National Day festivities in China marks a high peak season for China's tourism. Many establishments are preparing for the influx of visitors starting Oct. 1.
A China Tourism Academy report published in September stated, "Roughly 590 million Chinese will tour during the vacation, up 12 percent over last year. Tourism revenue is projected to grow 13.5 percent to reach 478.2 billion or $71.7 billion."
Ctrip's publicity director, Peng Liang, said, "Most domestic and outbound routes' prices have stayed steady. Some even dropped."
The most famous tourist spots that are expected to be busy are the Yangtze River Delta Area, including Zhejiang's provincial capital, Hangzhou, and Shanghai.
Many will be going to the new Disneyland recently opened in Shanghai as well as Hangzhou which recently hosted the G20 Summit.
Hainan Province's Sanya, Sichuan Province's Jiuzhaigou Valley and Yunnan Province's Lijiang, are traditional tourist spots and are seen to be busy during the week-long holiday.
China's domestic tourism market will enjoy the rise in consumer's spending power during the holiday.
Chinese residents are expected to spend 500 billion yuan, up 15 percent from last year.
"China has now become a country where people put a lot of importance to their pursuit of a better quality of life. This fact will be definitely true on the upcoming National Day holiday. It may also boost China's sluggish economy," Guwei, CEO at Aojia Travel Agency, said.
"It's true that the number of Chinese tourists to South Korea reduced slightly in the months of July and August. However, things have improved in September. The atmosphere will heat up even more during the National Day holiday," said Sui Lan, director of Beichen Travel Agency.
