China's Golden Week, 1 to 7 October 2026, in numbers: 826 million domestic trips, 738.38 billion yuan of tourism spending, per-day growth against last year's eight-day holiday, shopping streets
China's National Day holiday is known as Golden Week. The trip and spending figures are the Ministry of Culture and Tourism's; the Hainan duty-free figures come from Haikou Customs. The shopping-street figures cover 1 to 6 October.
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01CHINA'S GOLDEN WEEK HOLIDAY, 1 TO 7 OCTOBER, CARRIED 826 MILLION DOMESTIC TRIPS AND 738.38 BILLION YUAN OF TOURISM SPENDING.
02PER DAY, TRIPS ROSE 6.3% AND SPENDING 4.3% ON LAST YEAR, WHEN THE HOLIDAY RAN EIGHT DAYS.
03AT 78 SHOPPING STREETS AND DISTRICTS TRACKED BY THE COMMERCE MINISTRY, FOOTFALL ROSE 2.5% AND SALES 4.7%.
04ON HAINAN ISLAND, OFFSHORE DUTY-FREE SHOPS SOLD 855 MILLION YUAN OF GOODS TO 123,000 SHOPPERS.
05THOSE SHOPPERS BOUGHT 696,800 ITEMS.
06IT WAS HAINAN'S FIRST NATIONAL DAY HOLIDAY SINCE THE ISLAND BEGAN RUNNING ITS OWN CUSTOMS.