
Hong Kong anticipates approximately 1.29 million mainland Chinese travellers during the National Day golden week, with authorities planning enhanced crowd management and tighter oversight of tour agencies and retail outlets, while projecting daily visitor arrivals to exceed last year's levels by over 5%.
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Hong Kong prepares for increased tourism during China's National Day golden week holiday period.
Hong Kong is expected to welcome about 1.29 million mainland Chinese travellers over the National Day “golden week” break, with city authorities planning to step up crowd management and tighten supervision of tour agencies and retail outlets.
On top of the expected influx of about 1.29 million mainland travellers over the break, the Immigration Department said it expected the average daily number of visitor arrivals to surpass last year’s figure by more than 5 per cent.
Quanzhou, Fujian Province, released an action plan on the 23rd to build a national key city for inbound tourism, proposing a work system of "one core goal, two policy empowerments, three international promotions, and four global collaborations" to build Quanzhou into a world-renowned Maritime Silk Road cultural tourism destination shared by both hosts and guests, and fully activate the development momentum of inbound tourism.
The "Travel with Food" 2026 Guangdong cultural and tourism consumption promotion activity was launched on the 22nd in Jiaying Ancient City, Meizhou City. The event aims to promote the in-depth integration of "food + cultural tourism". The event focuses on promoting 12 themed routes of "Traveling Guangdong with Food" to stimulate the province's cultural tourism consumption vitality.

The well-known travel guide "Lonely Planet" announced the list of "Best Places to Visit in 2027", and Taiwan was included in the list. Taiwan was recommended for its rich and diverse food features such as night market culture, beef noodles, pearl milk tea and aboriginal cuisine.

The Fairy Grass Flower Festival in Shitan Township, Miaoli County will be held for three consecutive weekends starting from December 5. It is expected to plant 6 acres and 24,000 fairy grass flowers. Last year, it attracted more than 400,000 visitors. This year, due to the hot weather, the flowering period will be late. A landscape art voting event will be held based on local culture and animal themes.

The 2026 Guangxi Pingxiang China-Vietnam Border Tourism Festival kicked off at the Friendship Pass Scenic Area, with the theme of "A Thousand-Year-Old City at the Pass, Enjoy Pingxiang and View ASEAN", attracting guests from Vietnam, Thailand, Laos and other ASEAN countries. The event includes 11 cultural activities such as opening ceremony, cultural evening party, travel agency tour, and cross-border tour, covering three major sectors: cultural tourism, sports exchange, and commerce. Vietnamese tourists are turning to family tours and self-driving tours, and the director of Yunnan Ruili Culture and Tourism Bureau said that he will promote ethnic cultural exchanges. The director of the Pingxiang City Culture, Tourism, Sports, Radio, Film and Television Bureau said that the event aims to enhance the city's visibility, promote the integration of culture and tourism, and increase the income of border residents. The Tourism Festival simultaneously held a centralized signing of China-Vietnam cooperation projects, involving 20 companies, covering cultural tourism development, cross-border logistics, business cooperation and other fields, helping to expand cross-border trade channels and activate the port economy.

Taichung Dakeng Commercial District has launched the "Dakeng Good Taste Coupon". You can purchase a NT$1,500 coupon for NT$800, covering more than 23 restaurants, hot spring hotels and souvenir shops. It combines hiking trails, hot spring landscapes and local delicacies. It uses an online registration lottery system to extend the stay of tourists and promote local consumption. The event period is from now until November 1.