Meituan Releases Mid-Autumn and National Day Travel Trends: Long-Haul and Multi-City Trips Rise
Meituan data shows Mid-Autumn and National Day flight bookings rose 44% year-on-year, with long-haul flights over 2,000 km up 76% and accounting for more than a quarter of bookings. Users booking two or more destinations rose 70%. Over half of travellers chose to depart before September 30. Shanghai-Urumqi flight bookings rose 235%, while Shanghai-Kunming and Beijing-Kunming rose 91% and 67% respectively. Connecting flights and air-rail transfers gained popularity for cost savings, with Beijing-Yuncheng air-rail transfers saving up to 70%.
Impact and considerations
The data reflects longer travel distances and rising multi-destination itineraries, offering reference value for airline capacity deployment, OTA product bundling, and destination cities capturing transit traffic.
Key points
- Mid-Autumn and National Day flight bookings rose 44% year-on-year; long-haul flights over 2,000 km rose 76%, accounting for more than a quarter of bookings.
- Users booking two or more destinations rose 70%; users linking multiple cities via air and high-speed rail rose 14%.
- Over half of travellers chose to depart before September 30, and nearly 20% departed the day before Mid-Autumn Festival.
- Shanghai-Urumqi flight bookings rose 235%, while Shanghai-Kunming and Beijing-Kunming rose 91% and 67% respectively.
- Connecting flights and air-rail transfers gained popularity for cost savings, with Beijing-Yuncheng air-rail transfers saving up to 70%.
- Nanchang, Lanzhou, Hefei, Taiyuan, and Hohhot emerged as stopover cities, converting transit traffic into consumption.
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- 环球旅讯
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- First source publication
- 17 Sept 2026, 08:00
- Page published
- 17 Sept 2026, 12:00
- Last updated
- 17 Sept 2026, 08:00
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