China's National Day holiday: less expenses, more culture

In Yangzhou, eastern province of Jiangsu, 54 booths were set up to provide free travel information and services including mobile phone charging. In addition, four new transfer points opened during the break for tourists to park their cars and transfer to buses.

Cultural destinations were favored by travelers during the holiday, with over 90 percent participating in culture-related activities.

More than 40 percent of tourists visited venues like museums, art galleries, libraries and sci-tech exhibitions, while 37.8 percent spent two to five days on cultural experiences during the Golden Week.

According to statistics from major domestic online travel agencies, reservations at cultural tourist sites saw a growth of over 36 percent during the seven-day break compared to last year. Beijing, Ningbo, Wuxi, Xi'an, Hangzhou and Nanjing were the most popular destinations for the booming cultural tourism in China.