Online travel giant Trip.com Group says China’s domestic and inbound travel spending is on course to hit new highs during the Labour-Day period, thanks to longer spring school breaks and stronger foreign interest. Medium- and long-haul trips will account for 60.6 percent of journeys, with four- and five-star hotel bookings up 57.6 percent and 35.4 percent respectively year-on-year. Inbound demand is broad-based: the top six source markets for the holiday are Russia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand and the United States, according to Trip.com’s booking engine. Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu and Chongqing top the destination list for foreigners, underscoring a shift from single-city visits to multi-city itineraries that mix business meetings with leisure add-ons. Trip.com attributes the surge to China’s widened visa-free entry schemes and the rollout of multilingual digital arrival-card portals, which have trimmed average airport processing time to 45 minutes even at peak hours.
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Travellers keen to take advantage of these looser entry rules can simplify the paperwork through VisaHQ, which provides step-by-step online visa processing, real-time status tracking and 24/7 support for tourist or business visits. Its dedicated China page (https://www.visahq.com/china/) details current visa-free policies, required documents and turnaround times, helping both holidaymakers and corporate travel managers avoid last-minute snags.
The company’s data also reveal a 45 percent jump in “flower-viewing” and other seasonal niche tours, suggesting that foreign visitors are increasingly engaging with local experiences rather than ticking off landmark checklists. For businesses, the trend signals tighter availability of premium rooms in tier-one cities during the holiday and rising competition for bilingual guides and chauffeured cars. HR teams arranging executive site visits in early May should lock in accommodation immediately and consider second-tier hubs—such as Suzhou or Hangzhou—for overflow meetings to keep budgets in check.
Travellers keen to take advantage of these looser entry rules can simplify the paperwork through VisaHQ, which provides step-by-step online visa processing, real-time status tracking and 24/7 support for tourist or business visits. Its dedicated China page (https://www.visahq.com/china/) details current visa-free policies, required documents and turnaround times, helping both holidaymakers and corporate travel managers avoid last-minute snags.
The company’s data also reveal a 45 percent jump in “flower-viewing” and other seasonal niche tours, suggesting that foreign visitors are increasingly engaging with local experiences rather than ticking off landmark checklists. For businesses, the trend signals tighter availability of premium rooms in tier-one cities during the holiday and rising competition for bilingual guides and chauffeured cars. HR teams arranging executive site visits in early May should lock in accommodation immediately and consider second-tier hubs—such as Suzhou or Hangzhou—for overflow meetings to keep budgets in check.
