Tongcheng Report: Mid-Autumn and National Day Long-Haul and Multi-Country Travel Rise

Key points

• As of September 14, searches for 'Mid-Autumn' and 'National Day' on Tongcheng rose 278% month on month, with flight, hotel, car rental and holiday product bookings all climbing.
• Flight bookings to popular domestic cities grew over 40% year on year, and hotel stays of five days or more increased about 7 percentage points from a year earlier.
• Southwest and Northwest long-haul travel continued to lead, with related product bookings up over 30% year on year.
• Flight bookings for domestic long-haul routes over 1,200 km departing during the holiday rose 34% year on year, with young travellers accounting for nearly 48%.
• County-level travel product bookings grew 42% year on year, and average stay duration in counties increased by 3.2 days from a year earlier.
• Outbound travel search heat rose 260% month on month, multi-country tour bookings grew over 65% year on year, with an average of 2.8 countries per itinerary.