Travel enthusiasm endures across China as holiday nears end

A drone photo taken on Oct. 6, 2025 shows people visiting Shitang Town of Qianshan County in Shangrao, east China’s Jiangxi Province. Tourists across the country show no sign of fading enthusiasm as the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday draws to a close. (Photo by Ding Minghua/Xinhua)

A drone photo taken on Oct. 7, 2025 shows tourists taking boats at the Lixiahe National Wetland Park in Xinghua City, east China’s Jiangsu Province. Tourists across the country show no sign of fading enthusiasm as the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday draws to a close. (Photo by Zhou Shegen/Xinhua)

A drone photo taken on Oct. 7, 2025 shows tourists taking sightseeing cable cars at a scenic spot in Rongcheng, east China’s Shandong Province. Tourists across the country show no sign of fading enthusiasm as the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday draws to a close. (Photo by Li Xinjun/Xinhua)

Tourists visit the Nanshan Cultural Tourism Zone in Sanya, south China’s Hainan Province, Oct. 7, 2025. Tourists across the country show no sign of fading enthusiasm as the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday draws to a close. (Photo by Chen Wenwu/Xinhua)

A drone photo taken on Oct. 6, 2025 shows tourists admiring the night scenery in Xuan’en County, central China’s Hubei Province. Tourists across the country show no sign of fading enthusiasm as the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday draws to a close. (Photo by Wang Fajun/Xinhua)

Tourists visit the Wansui Mountain Martial Arts City in Kaifeng City, central China’s Henan Province, Oct. 7, 2025. Tourists across the country show no sign of fading enthusiasm as the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday draws to a close. (Xinhua/Hao Yuan)

A drone photo taken on Oct. 7, 2025 shows tourists visiting the Fuzi (Confucius) Temple scenic area in Nanjing, east China’s Jiangsu Province. Tourists across the country show no sign of fading enthusiasm as the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday draws to a close. (Xinhua/Li Bo)

A drone photo taken on Oct. 7, 2025 shows tourists visiting the Fuzi (Confucius) Temple scenic area in Nanjing, east China’s Jiangsu Province. Tourists across the country show no sign of fading enthusiasm as the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday draws to a close. (Xinhua/Li Bo)

People watch a show at a park in Shanghai, east China, Oct. 7, 2025. Tourists across the country show no sign of fading enthusiasm as the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday draws to a close. (Xinhua/Wang Xiang)

People watch a firework show at a park in Shanghai, east China, Oct. 7, 2025. Tourists across the country show no sign of fading enthusiasm as the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday draws to a close.

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Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan Founder & Chair, Global Silk Route Research Alliance

Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…