National Day bookings for travel to US up threefold

The number of Chinese traveling to the United States during China's National Day holiday in October is expected to rise remarkably, in keeping with an expected overall increase for the whole year, tourism industry insiders said.

Bookings for travel to the US during the National Day holiday, from Oct 1 to 7, are triple the number from last year, according to a report released on Tuesday by lvmama.com, a major online travel booking platform.

Ni Jiali, general manager of Lvmama.com's outbound tourism department, said the rise resulted from beneficial tourism policies adopted by both China and the US.