Business brisk for travel firms

The National Day holiday will be a brisk week for travel, insiders have said.

Online travel firm Ctrip.com said its peak for overseas trip bookings came 20 days early this year, and tour packages to some destinations have almost sold out.

Bookings for trips to Olympic venue cities, such as Beijing, Qingdao and Hong Kong, have also risen 20 percent for the golden week, it said.