During the eight days long holiday, not surprisingly, the largest number of Chinese outbound tourists were coming from first-tier cities Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, and Guangzhou. Second and third tier cities followed, including Hangzhou, Nanjing, and Chengdu. The fastest growing outbound travel city was Chongzuo City in Guangxi province, showing the outbound travel growth rate as high as 338%.

 

Most of the mainland’s outbound tourists chose the closer travel destinations like Southeast Asia, East Asia (South Korea and Japan), Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan regions.

 

 

Hong Kong was the top single destination for outbound tourists, followed by Macao, Bangkok, Phuket, Tokyo, Taiwan, Singapore, Bali, Seoul, and Osaka.

 

Southeast Asia received the most Chinese tourists followed by East Asia (South Korea and Japan), Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions, North America, and Europe.

 

 

The largest number of people departed the country on October 1. More than 600,000 people departed the country, far higher than other smaller holidays.

 

Post 90s generation visited Hong Kong, US, and Japan the most, while post 80s generation visited Hong Kong, Thailand, and Japan the most. Post 70s generation visited Hong Kong, US, and Macao the most.

 

WeChat payment was used the most in Hong Kong, followed by Thailand, South Korea, Japan, Australia, and Taiwan.

 

6.3 billion Red packets (hongbao) were sent and received on Mid-Autumn festival.

 

Most WeChat calls were made between post-60s generation and post-90s generation. The longest average phone call was 750 seconds when post-60s generation called 90s generation, followed by 610 seconds when post-90s generation called post-60s generation.