国家移民管理局微信公众号消息显示，今年中秋节假期全国边检机关共保障670.9万人次中外人员出入境，日均223.6万人次，较去年中秋节期间增长16.8%；单日出入境通关最高峰出现在9月26日，达234.2万人次。其中内地居民出入境320.6万人次，较去年同期增长5.3%；港澳台居民出入境277.5万人次，增长27.7%；外国人出入境72.8万人次，增长37.7%；入境外国人中适用免签政策入境24.7万人次，增长32.7%。全国边检机关共查验出入境交通运输工具30.9万架（艘、列、辆）次，较去年同期增长8.6%。
According to Haikou Customs statistics released on September 29, during this year's Mid-Autumn holiday (September 25-27), Haikou Customs supervised offshore duty-free shopping worth 231 million yuan, with 38,600 shoppers and 179,000 items purchased. On the first day of the holiday, Sanya International Duty-Free Mall saw heavy foot traffic, and China Duty Free stores stocked up in advance to ensure stable supply. Customs introduced a new 'appointment customs clearance' system with a dedicated section on the Haiyiban mini-program, improving replenishment efficiency for popular duty-free goods. The China Duty Free pickup point at Haikou Meilan Airport opened an 'urgent passenger channel' and i…
Beijing's Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism released data on the 27th showing the city received 8.783 million visitors during the Mid-Autumn holiday (25-27 September), with total tourism spending of 11.54 billion yuan. Inbound visitors totalled 83,000, spending 780 million yuan. The top ten attractions or areas by visitor volume were Olympic Park, Wangfujing, Xidan, Liangma River International Style Waterfront, Tiananmen area, Qianmen Street, Ditan Park, Temple of Heaven Park, Shichahai Scenic Area and Nanluoguxiang. Under the theme 'Celebrate Both Festivals, Tour Beijing', the bureau worked with districts and market players on cultural tourism activities; suburban micro-vacations and…
During the Mid-Autumn holiday, 'Chinese romance' and immersive traditional-culture travel became a cultural tourism highlight, with long-haul trips concentrating on autumn destinations. Tongcheng Travel data show local and nearby bookings accounted for nearly 60%, cross-province orders rose 21% versus this year's Dragon Boat holiday, and local scenic-area ticket booking heat rose 17% year on year. Meituan data show searches for 'Mid-Autumn restaurant' rose 233% week on week, 'reunion dinner' 332%, 'lantern fair' nearly eightfold, and 'intangible-heritage lantern fair' more than twentyfold. Qunar data show night-tour product bookings doubled year on year and 'autumn-chasing flight routes' bo…
交通运输部数据显示，2026年中秋3天全社会跨区域人员流动总量为6.42亿人次，比2024年中秋假期增长2.2%。国家移民管理局数据显示，中秋假期全国边检机关共保障670.9万人次中外人员出入境。接待人次方面，广东以2481.7万人次居首，山东1959.3万人次、四川1336.88万人次紧随其后。旅游花费方面，山东以150.2亿元居首，广东125.5亿元、北京115.4亿元位列其后。人均消费方面，北京以1313.90元居首，江苏1048.92元、天津876.25元位列其后。主要城市中，成都以815.6万人次和290.31亿元居首，但需注意其统计口径为“全市商品和服务消费之和”。北京接待入境游…
According to statistics from the Dongjiang Border Inspection Station of the Tianjin General Station of Exit and Entry Frontier Inspection, during the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday the Tianjin cruise port received 4 cruise ship calls and nearly 12,000 border crossings, including over 9,000 passengers. At 10:00 on 27 September, the cruise ship 'Ideal' docked at Tianjin International Cruise Home Port with over 2,400 passengers, and at around 17:00 departed with nearly 1,600 passengers. The border inspection station optimised clearance procedures and implemented facilitation measures including the 240-hour transit visa-free policy and online arrival card filing for foreigners.
Data released by the Guangzhou Municipal Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau on 27 September shows that during the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, Guangzhou received over 6.6 million visitors and achieved comprehensive cultural tourism consumption of CNY 4.63 billion. Data from OTA platforms including Tongcheng shows Guangzhou was among the top ten domestic destinations for the holiday. The 31 monitored cultural tourism attractions received over 2.84 million visitors. Guangzhou hosted various Cantonese folk activities and themed events, and the 2026 Guangzhou Super Strawberry Music Festival ran for three consecutive days with over 60,000 attendees.
China Railway Hohhot Group reported 551,300 passenger trips during the September 25-27 Mid-Autumn holiday, averaging 183,800 daily and setting a historical record, with the peak day on September 25 at 229,200 trips. To handle combined family-visit and tourism flows, the bureau added three pairs of nighttime high-speed trains from Hohhot and Baotou to Beijing, doubled some short-distance EMU trains within the region, and added five pairs of temporary passenger trains including Baotou to Xi'an.
According to the Sichuan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, 907 A-level scenic areas in Sichuan received 13.37 million visitors and generated 88.89 million yuan in ticket revenue during this year's Mid-Autumn holiday, up 30.37% and 8.66% respectively compared with the same period in 2024. Various Mid-Autumn themed events were held, with Meishan as the main venue under the theme 'Splendid Tianfu, Moon over Dongpo' and sub-venues in Bazhong, Garze and Aba. Cultural tourism integration and night economy were highlights, with special events at Deng Xiaoping's Former Residence, Sanxingdui Museum, Zhaohua Ancient Town and Mianyang Museum.
On September 26, the Shandong Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism reported that as of 15:00, the 200 key monitored scenic areas in the province received 2.648 million visitors that day, up 26.5% from the previous day, with operating revenue of 120 million yuan, up 19.1% from the previous day. During the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, localities across Shandong rolled out consumption-boosting measures to create an environment of "scenic area discounts, merchant traffic, and public benefits." Jining launched the "Hui Ju Qilu, Changyou Jining" campaign covering scenic areas, star-rated hotels, and homestays, with payment discounts available via the "Yunshanfu APP—Lu Hui Quan." Weishan L…
Citing Qunar data, Pinchain Tourism reports that the 2026 three-day Mid-Autumn holiday, separated from National Day by only three working days, drove long-haul and outbound demand as travellers combined leave into a 13-day break. Bookings for 'autumn-chasing' routes rose 1.8x week-on-week and night-tour products doubled year-on-year, with Chinese-style parks overtaking international IP parks and Jiangxi's Gexiancun ranking as the hottest attraction. Beijing, Nanjing, Shanghai and seven other cities led hotel demand, where parent and family rooms exceeded 60% of bookings, while county-level short trips also gained. London and Los Angeles entered the top-10 outbound destinations for the first…
Tongcheng Travel released its 2026 Mid-Autumn Holiday Travel Report on September 27. Data shows local and nearby trips accounted for nearly 60% of bookings during the three-day holiday, while cross-province orders rose 21% versus this year's Dragon Boat Festival and local attraction ticket bookings grew 17% year on year. Longer-haul demand was boosted by "take 3 days off for 13 days" leave-stacking, with flight bookings over 1,200 km up more than 30% versus Dragon Boat and outbound hotel bookings up 47% year on year, making outbound travel the hottest mini-holiday segment so far this year. Rural homestay bookings rose 26% year on year, and hotel bookings within 5 km of landmark performance…
Tongcheng Travel data shows that on September 25, the first day of the Mid-Autumn holiday, family visits and nearby vacations formed a travel peak. Cross-city orders departing the day before and on the day rose 18% versus the same period of this year's Dragon Boat Festival. Local and nearby bookings accounted for over 60% of the total, showing a two-stage pattern of returning home for reunion first and then vacationing nearby. Nearby scenic-spot ticket bookings rose 36% versus Dragon Boat day one, with gardens, ancient towns, cultural venues and theme parks most popular, and Chinese-style night tours especially hot. Hotel family-room bookings rose 21% year on year, and hotel-plus-scenario p…
On September 24, the Market Management Department of China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism issued a work notice requiring local culture and tourism authorities to strengthen consultation and analysis, focus on small and medium rivers, slope canyons and flash-flood gullies, strictly implement disaster-warning call-and-feedback mechanisms and promptly evacuate visitors from danger zones. The National Meteorological Center forecasts heavy rain from western China to the Huang-Huai region during the Mid-Autumn holiday, with moderate to heavy rain and local downpours in parts of Sichuan, Chongqing, Shaanxi, Hubei, Henan, Jiangsu, Anhui and Shandong, and significant rain and snow on the Qinghai-…
According to Umetrip data, domestic flight ticket bookings for the 2026 Mid-Autumn holiday exceeded 3.66 million, up over 15% year-on-year; international bookings were about 710,000, up over 3%. From 19:00 on September 25 to 3:00 the next day, about 3,000 'moon-viewing flights' are planned domestically, carrying over 210,000 passengers. VariFlight data shows over 40,000 domestic flights planned, with average one-way ticket price around 820 yuan, up 9% month-on-month.
On 17 September 2026, the 2026 "Me and Ditan" Beijing Book Fair opened at its main venue in Ditan Park. The main venue's exhibition area exceeds 20,000 square metres, bringing together more than 400 publishers, publishing institutions and specialty physical bookstores across more than 500 booths, with both exhibition scale and booth numbers reaching record highs. The fair runs 11 days through 27 September, covering the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday and offering visitors an immersive book-and-culture experience.
On September 10, train tickets for the eve of Mid-Autumn Festival went on sale, accelerating flight and hotel bookings. Qunar data shows this week's Mid-Autumn and National Day flight-hotel bookings rose 119% week-on-week, entering peak season. With only 3 days between the 2026 Mid-Autumn and National Day holidays, the 'take 3 days off for 13 days' plan went viral, unlocking the longest concentrated travel window in nearly a decade. Mid-Autumn first-day flight prices are 30% lower than National Day first-day; travelers booking flights to 2 or more destinations rose 25% YoY. Mid-Autumn 'moon-viewing flight' searches grew 200% YoY; treasure small-town product searches rose over 60% month-on-m…