Shanxi Culture and Tourism Department Issues Mid-Autumn and National Day Travel Advisory

Key points

• On September 19, the Shanxi Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism issued a 2026 Mid-Autumn and National Day travel advisory covering six areas: itinerary planning, consumption precautions, travel safety, activity participation, civilized travel and rights protection.
• The advisory urges visitors to plan scientifically, closely follow official information on weather, transport, scenic-area reservations and visitor caps, travel off-peak and plan routes reasonably.
• For group tours, visitors must choose legally qualified travel agencies, sign travel contracts, firmly reject 'unreasonably low-priced tours' and guard against illegal tourism activities.
• For self-driving, vehicles should be checked, fatigue driving and speeding avoided, and mountain-road sections driven cautiously; for high-risk activities such as high-altitude, water and adventure projects, visitors should act within their physical limits and follow on-site staff instructions.
• In the event of a travel dispute, visitors should retain contracts, audio and video, and payment receipts as evidence, and can complain to local culture-tourism authorities or call the 12345 government service hotline.
• The Shanxi Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism also published dedicated culture-tourism complaint and reporting hotlines for all cities in the province to keep visitor channels open.