Hotelbeds Group features Italy, France and Spain among ten top destinations for Chinese travellers during China’s National Day Holiday

Share this

  • Together with the United States, these four non-Asian countries are now top destinations for Chinese outbound tourists during the seven day National Day holiday period starting October 1
  • This year the holiday falls close to the 22-24 September Mid-Autumn Festival, driving interest in extended breaks combining both holidays
  • Demand for Chinese outbound travel fulfilled by Hotelbeds Group’s long-term strategy of sourcing Chinese-friendly accommodation globally 

Shanghai (China) – Hotelbeds Group,the world´s leading bedbank, has today announced today the top international destinations for Chinese travellers during the seven day Chinese National Day holiday period starting on October 1.

According to Hotelbeds Group’s booking data for this year’s break, Southeast Asian countries remain top destinations for Chinese outbound tourists during the National Day holiday. Six of the top ten international destination countries of this year will be Asian countries, with the list topped by Thailand and followed by, in descending order, Japan, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, and South Korea.

However, four non-Asian countries now feature in the list – up from only two for the same period in 2017 – with the United States proving the top destination, followed by Italy, France and Spain. The top ten international destinations for Chinese travellers during the National Day holiday in 2017 were, in descending order, Thailand, the United States, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Italy, and South Korea.

Additionally, Chinese travellers are travelling to a wider range of countries, with Chinese travellers booking hotels through Hotelbeds Group’s bedbank platform in 111 countries during the National Day holiday period, up from 106 last year.

This year the National Day holiday period is preceded by the September 22-24 Mid-Autumn Festival, which is a three-day national holiday in China whose date shifts according to the lunar calendar, meaning that many Chinese workers have taken advantage to plan two whole weeks of holiday by taking only six working days away from the office.

Sam Turner, Wholesale Sales & Sourcing Director at Hotelbeds Group, said, “A week long holiday in a country with the world’s largest population offers vast potential for the world’s tourism industry – not least as it is preceded by a three-day national holiday only the week before, meaning many are actually taking two weeks away from the office this year. For Chinese OTAs and Tour Operators whose clients want to take advantage of this by booking an international destination, we offer them over 170,000 hotels globally,with over 90,000 of those directly sourced, making the content both unique and competitively priced.”

Hui-Wan Chua, APAC Regional Director for Wholesale Sales at Hotelbeds Group, said, “China is the number one source market in the wholesale channel for Hotelbeds Group in Asia Pacific and is now the 4th biggest for the Group globally. Understanding Chinese customers’ needs and sourcing Chinese friendly hotels globally – taking into consideration not just language or catering needs, but also issues such as payments, visa-processing and more – has been a long-term strategy that is already proving very successful. This year we are excited to again see more demand from Chinese travellers to visit more and more non-Asian destinations such as the US, Italy, France and Spain.

China National Day holiday, also known as Golden Week, is a seven day national holiday in China that takes place from October 1st to 7th. This holiday season was introduced in the year 2000 to help boost domestic tourism and to allow families to make long journeys to visit relatives.

According to the China National Tourism Administration (CNTA), a total of 6 million Chinese mainland tourists travelled aboard during the seven days National Day holiday in 2017, with that figure set to increase to 7 million this year.

Cheap Flights from Shanghai

DestinationDeparture atReturn atFind tickets
Jeju6 April 202510 April 2025Tickets from 98
Dalian16 June 202518 June 2025Tickets from 106
Guangzhou7 April 202510 April 2025Tickets from 113
Nanjing12 April 202516 April 2025Tickets from 113
Shenyang5 September 202511 September 2025Tickets from 113
Osaka9 October 202515 October 2025Tickets from 113
Hong Kong11 April 202513 April 2025Tickets from 117
Beijing1 April 20255 April 2025Tickets from 119
Macau6 June 20258 June 2025Tickets from 125
Jinan1 April 20252 April 2025Tickets from 128
Linyi12 April 202518 April 2025Tickets from 131
Nanchang20 May 202526 May 2025Tickets from 133
Busan28 May 202530 May 2025Tickets from 133
Xian2 April 20253 April 2025Tickets from 137
Chongqing22 September 202524 September 2025Tickets from 137
Seoul25 September 202528 September 2025Tickets from 138
Qingdao5 April 20256 April 2025Tickets from 144
Dayong4 May 20258 May 2025Tickets from 144
Bangkok11 September 202514 September 2025Tickets from 145
Yantai22 April 202526 April 2025Tickets from 145
Fukuoka14 April 202518 April 2025Tickets from 146
Xiamen23 April 202528 April 2025Tickets from 149
Vladivostok22 May 202526 May 2025Tickets from 150
Fuzhou7 May 202513 May 2025Tickets from 151
Okinawa21 September 202527 September 2025Tickets from 155
Wuhan23 April 202527 April 2025Tickets from 155
Kota Kinabalu8 May 202511 May 2025Tickets from 155
Phuket18 June 202521 June 2025Tickets from 156
Harbin2 April 20254 April 2025Tickets from 159
Kuala Lumpur17 May 202521 May 2025Tickets from 161
Jinjiang19 April 202521 April 2025Tickets from 162
Taipei15 April 202521 April 2025Tickets from 164
Sanya8 September 202511 September 2025Tickets from 165
Changsha10 April 202513 April 2025Tickets from 173
Manila14 May 202520 May 2025Tickets from 174
Tokyo4 June 202510 June 2025Tickets from 175
Guilin9 June 202515 June 2025Tickets from 176
Taiyuan1 April 20252 April 2025Tickets from 178
Ho Chi Minh City21 April 202524 April 2025Tickets from 178
Hanoi10 April 202513 April 2025Tickets from 178
Chengdu4 April 20256 April 2025Tickets from 178
Haikou23 April 202528 April 2025Tickets from 179
Nagoya14 April 202520 April 2025Tickets from 182
Ningbo9 April 202515 April 2025Tickets from 184
Shenzhen26 May 202531 May 2025Tickets from 188
Singapore16 May 202521 May 2025Tickets from 190
Nha Trang7 October 202512 October 2025Tickets from 204
Phnom Penh3 April 20256 April 2025Tickets from 206
Weihai18 April 202521 April 2025Tickets from 210
Penang29 May 20253 June 2025Tickets from 211
Vientiane5 April 20258 April 2025Tickets from 217
Chiang Mai6 April 20259 April 2025Tickets from 222
Kunming4 April 20257 April 2025Tickets from 222
Phu Quoc12 April 202515 April 2025Tickets from 223
Luoyang5 May 202510 May 2025Tickets from 224
Lijiang1 April 20254 April 2025Tickets from 226
Sapporo5 April 202511 April 2025Tickets from 232
Toyama1 April 20252 April 2025Tickets from 233
Da Nang17 April 202523 April 2025Tickets from 233
Denpasar (Bali)19 September 202523 September 2025Tickets from 235
Cheongju23 April 202527 April 2025Tickets from 250
Heihe4 April 20258 April 2025Tickets from 258
Cebu City10 November 202515 November 2025Tickets from 264
Irkutsk15 May 202519 May 2025Tickets from 285
Jakarta22 September 202527 September 2025Tickets from 288
Colombo16 May 202517 May 2025Tickets from 289
Hangzhou4 April 20255 April 2025Tickets from 290
Utapao17 June 202520 June 2025Tickets from 290
Caticlan11 November 202516 November 2025Tickets from 304
Male16 May 202519 May 2025Tickets from 308
Sydney10 June 202514 June 2025Tickets from 309
Puerto Princesa21 July 202526 July 2025Tickets from 318
Siem Reap25 October 202531 October 2025Tickets from 318
Langkawi1 April 20255 April 2025Tickets from 320
Kathmandu24 May 202525 May 2025Tickets from 325
Novosibirsk15 April 202521 April 2025Tickets from 326
Dubai7 April 202511 April 2025Tickets from 331
Sihanoukville12 May 202516 May 2025Tickets from 335
Kalibo16 May 202521 May 2025Tickets from 338
Tagbilaran24 April 202528 April 2025Tickets from 353
Moscow5 May 20259 May 2025Tickets from 360
Zhengzhou1 April 20253 April 2025Tickets from 374
Ishigaki1 May 20257 May 2025Tickets from 375
Koh Samui6 November 202511 November 2025Tickets from 382
Changzhou25 May 202528 May 2025Tickets from 388
Perth24 May 202525 May 2025Tickets from 411
Doha4 April 20258 April 2025Tickets from 426
Almaty20 June 202526 June 2025Tickets from 430
Lhasa5 May 202511 May 2025Tickets from 438
Istanbul4 April 20258 April 2025Tickets from 458
Delhi17 June 202522 June 2025Tickets from 467
Madrid21 May 202527 May 2025Tickets from 470
Abu Dhabi4 April 20258 April 2025Tickets from 480
Bishkek30 April 20255 May 2025Tickets from 483
Ulan-Ude16 May 202519 May 2025Tickets from 498
Khabarovsk7 June 202513 June 2025Tickets from 500
Krasnojarsk17 May 202522 May 2025Tickets from 504
Astana3 May 20259 May 2025Tickets from 515
Yanji23 August 202528 August 2025Tickets from 524
Ulaanbaatar10 September 202514 September 2025Tickets from 531

How useful was this post?

Click on a star to rate it!

Average rating 0 / 5. Vote count: 0

No votes so far! Be the first to rate this post.

Author: Editor