Better prices, services boost holiday travel

Nearly 730 million trips were made by Chinese travelers within China over the seven-day National Day holiday, a year-on-year increase of 9.43 percent, thanks to cheaper tickets and higher-quality travel services, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

The figure was even more impressive given the fact that National Day 2017 overlapped with Mid-Autumn Festival.

Travel and tourism-related revenue tallied between Monday and Sunday hit nearly 600 billion yuan ($87 billion), up 9.04 percent compared with 2017.