Traveling near home was frequent during the holiday. Tourism booking site ly.com said more than half the people who traveled chose destinations near home.
Favorite scenic spots in China included Happy Valley in Beijing, the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Sichuan province and Chimelong Safari Park in Guangzhou.
Railways in China carried 37 million passengers from Sept 14 to 17, according to China Railway Corporation. Sept 17 alone saw more than 10 million passengers, up 12 percent year-on-year.
Some East and Southeast Asian nations topped Chinese people's choices. A report from travel agency lvmama.com showed that bookings for neigh-boring countries such as Thailand, South Korea and Japan surpassed destinations farther away.
