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Wednesday 23 September

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China Tourism NewsZhongwei / Wuzhong / Guyuan / Ningxia / Shizuishan / Yinchuan

Ningxia Launches 130 Cultural Tourism Events for Mid-Autumn and National Day

On September 22, Ningxia held a media briefing on five cities' coordinated cultural tourism offerings, announcing 130 promotional events for the Mid-Autumn and National Day holidays, focusing on six integration segments: culture-tourism plus sports, performances, food, intangible heritage, red tourism and museums, with supporting measures including consumption vouchers, ticket discounts, ticket stub interoperability, free parking and traffic optimization. Yinchuan, Shizuishan, Wuzhong, Guyuan and Zhongwei each launched themed activities.

Tuesday 22 September

4 updates
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China Tourism NewsSichuan / Jiangjin / Chongqing

Chongqing Launches 10 Autumn Routes, Signs 15 Tourism Projects

On Sept 21, the Bashu Cultural Tourism Corridor showcase and tourism investment promotion and scenic area upgrading conference was held in Jiangjin District, Chongqing. Chongqing launched 10 premium autumn tourism routes, signed 15 tourism projects and promoted 20 premium scenic areas. The 15 signed projects totaled 1.51 billion yuan, covering scenic area upgrading, ecological wellness and digital cultural tourism. The event also released 20 "small and beautiful" new business forms and scenes at scenic areas and 10 upgrading case studies. To capture the Mid-Autumn, National Day and autumn travel window, the Chongqing Culture and Tourism Development Commission launched more than 500 cultural…

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China Tourism NewsDalian / Pulandian District / Liaoning

National 'Four Seasons Village Gala' Autumn Event Held in Dalian

On 22 September, the 2026 national 'Four Seasons Village Gala' autumn main event was held at Laomao Mountain scenic area in Qingyang village, Tongyi subdistrict, Pulandian district, Dalian, Liaoning, under the theme 'Mountains and Seas Share Autumn Colours, Liancheng Celebrates a Bountiful Year'. The performance, staged with Laomao Mountain's main peak as backdrop and Longquan pool as stage, was divided into four chapters and featured mainly local rural arts performers, intangible-heritage inheritors and ordinary villagers. Supporting activities included an intangible-heritage and agricultural produce market and a Yangko parade; willow weaving, paper cutting and shadow puppetry were demonst…

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China Tourism NewsSichuan / Chengdu / Ziyang

2026 Sichuan Culture and Tourism Development Conference Opens Sept 28 in Chengdu

The 2026 Sichuan Culture and Tourism Development Conference, combined with the 12th China (Sichuan) International Tourism Investment Conference, will open in Chengdu on Sept 28, hosted by the CPC Sichuan Provincial Committee and the Sichuan Provincial People's Government. The program follows a "1+8+N" structure: one main meeting, eight supporting thematic events and multiple consumer-benefit activities. The main meeting will present Sichuan's 15th Five-Year Plan industrial layout and investment opportunities. Guests include ambassadors, foreign government tourism officials, international tourism organization officials and overseas tour operators, plus representatives of China's top 30 cultu…

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China Tourism NewsFengtai District / Beijing / Shijingshan District / Mentougou District

Beijing's Two Parks and One River Initiative Releases Ten Waterfront Vitality Scenarios

On 21 September the fifth Western Beijing Development Forum and the Two Parks and One River coordinated development forum were held in Beijing, launching the regional enterprise alliance and the ticket-stub economy alliance and releasing ten waterfront vitality operating scenarios. Beijing Two Parks and One River Operation Development Co., jointly funded by Beijing Water Investment Group and the Fengtai, Shijingshan and Mentougou district governments, was unveiled. The enterprise alliance invited more than 60 companies in its first batch, while the ticket-stub economy alliance links nearly 600 cultural, commercial, tourism and sports businesses.

Monday 21 September

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China Tourism NewsHunan Province / Changsha

Hunan Launches Xiangchao Football-Culture Tourism Consumption Campaign

On September 19, the 2026 Xiangchao football-culture tourism consumption campaign "Chasing Xiangchao with Passion, Enjoying Hunan" launched at Changsha Binjiang Cultural Park, co-hosted by the Hunan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Hunan Culture, Sports and Tourism Industry Group, the Hunan Football Association and relevant municipal governments. Centered on the Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan "Xiangchao Night" consumption theme, the campaign builds "second venue" fan zones linking fan streets, official licensed-product markets, consumption-scene releases, cultural tourism benefit policies and city-level match viewing. It released the Xiangchao second venue, signed official licensed-…

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China Tourism NewsShanghai / China / Beijing / Guangzhou / Chengdu / Sri Lanka / Kunming / Chongqing

Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau Holds 2026 China Roadshow in Beijing

On September 18, the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau held a roadshow in Beijing, led by Deputy Director Chinthaka, with nearly 20 island-based destination management companies, hotel groups, and ground operators conducting one-on-one business meetings with over 100 outbound travel agencies from Beijing. Sri Lanka Tourism sees two major potentials in the Beijing market: corporate MICE tourism and high-end customized and parent-child study tours. In 2025, Chinese visitors to Sri Lanka exceeded 132,000; in the first eight months of 2026, cumulative Chinese visitors exceeded 100,000, making China Sri Lanka's third-largest overseas source market. Direct flights to Sri Lanka are available from…

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China Tourism NewsCangzhou / Hebei

10th Hebei Tourism Development Conference Held in Cangzhou, Focusing on Grand Canal Cultural Touris…

The 10th Hebei Tourism Development Conference was held in Cangzhou, using Grand Canal culture as its IP and integrating martial arts and acrobatics resources. The event featured live performances, folk markets and resource matchmaking, and released the 'Towards High Quality: 2026 Cultural Tourism Scene Innovation Development Report.' Cangzhou is the first prefecture-level city named a national martial arts hometown, with 53 boxing styles; Canghai Qixia Town features 174 new business formats and over 60 performance and interactive projects.

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China Tourism NewsChina / Lin'an District / Yuhang District / Hangzhou / Zhejiang Province / Binjiang District / Xiaoshan District

Hangzhou Launches 15-Day Mid-Autumn and National Day Culture-Tourism Campaign

The Hangzhou Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism held a media briefing on September 20, announcing a 15-day 'Autumn in Hangzhou' Mid-Autumn and National Day culture-tourism campaign from September 23 to October 7, featuring six flagship events, ten themes, 202 products and over 400 discount offers. The campaign focuses on rural, sports-and-performance, museum, arts and technology tourism integration, issues inbound tourism consumption vouchers for overseas visitors and upgrades the eight-service 'AI Hangzhou Easy Travel' system.

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China Tourism NewsChina / Taizhou / Wuhan / Zhejiang Province / Hubei

MCT Briefing: Poetry Festival and Peking Opera Festival to Highlight Culture-Tourism Integration

China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism held its third-quarter 2026 routine press briefing in Beijing on September 20 to present preparations for the 8th China Poetry Festival and the 11th China Peking Opera Festival. The poetry festival runs October 12-23 in Taizhou, Zhejiang, under the theme 'Poetry Surging from Mountains and Seas, Poetic China'; the Peking Opera festival runs October 15-November 5 in Wuhan, Hubei, with seven main activity strands. Both events emphasize culture-tourism integration, with poetry-route itineraries, public-benefit performances and intangible-heritage experiences.

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Pinchain TourismLinhai / Tiantai County / Wuhan / Zhejiang Province / Hubei

China's Culture Ministry Briefs on Poetry Festival and Peking Opera Festival

On September 20, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism held its third-quarter 2026 routine press conference, briefing on the 8th China Poetry Festival and the 11th China Peking Opera Festival. The poetry festival runs October 12-23 under the theme "Poetry Surging from Mountains and Seas, Poetic China," opening in Tiantai County, Zhejiang, and closing in the Taizhou Prefecture City cultural tourism area in Linhai, with four fusion scenarios: poetry+opera, poetry+cuisine, poetry+tourism and poetry+AI. The Peking Opera festival runs October 15-November 5 in Wuhan, Hubei, with seven main activities, and its outstanding-repertoire showcase will select 20 productions nationwide.

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China Tourism NewsChina / Yunnan / Guangdong / Guangzhou

Yunnan Holds 'Autumn Harvest' Tourism Promotion in Guangzhou

On 20 September, the Yunnan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism held the 'Autumn Harvest' 2026 Yunnan tourism promotion in Guangzhou, joined by cultural and tourism departments from eight prefectures and cities (Baoshan, Wenshan, Dali, Dehong, Lijiang, Nujiang, Diqing, Lincang) plus key tourism enterprises and travel agencies, targeting the Greater Bay Area. The event launched five themed routes, featured demonstrations of Yunnan's digital tourism map by Amap and Baidu Maps, and set up a cultural market and business matching area. The Yunnan Travel Agencies Association signed cooperation agreements with the Guangdong Travel Agencies Association and others to promote two-way visitor…

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China Tourism NewsPingdingshan City / Henan Province / Jiaxian County

Henan Launches "Dongpo Travels" Cultural Tourism Promotion Campaign

On September 19, the 2026 Henan "Dongpo Travels" themed promotion campaign launched in Pingdingshan. "Dongpo Travels," led by the National Cultural Heritage Administration, is China's first national-level cultural-relic themed trail, following Su Dongpo's life journey and linking 15 city units and 48 core heritage sites across 10 provinces. Pingdingshan is one of the 15 core city units, with the Sansu Shrine and Tomb in Jiaxian County as a key cultural node. The event appointed 10 online influencers as campaign ambassadors, launched a digital trail on Amap, and staged the original musical "Our Good Friend Su Dongpo" at the Pingdingshan Culture and Art Center.

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China Tourism NewsDongping County / Ningyang County / Shandong Province / Daiyue District / Xintai / Tai'an / Taishan District / Feicheng

Tai'an Launches 50 Mid-Autumn and National Day Culture-Tourism Events and Benefits

On September 19, the Tai'an Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism released 50 culture-tourism events and benefit measures spanning six themes: holiday activities, scenic spots, hotels and homestays, performances and exhibitions, food and entertainment, and intangible-heritage cultural products, coordinating municipal resources with Taishan, Taishan District, Daiyue District, Xintai, Feicheng, Ningyang and Dongping. At the municipal level, the 'Tai Youth · Together with Jinan' Jinan-Tai'an youth tourism promotion alliance and Shandong's autumn culture-tourism consumption promotion main event will be held; many scenic spots offer ticket deals and package discounts, hotels and homestays offe…

Sunday 20 September

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Friday 18 September

3 updates