Guangdong says 4A-rated and above scenic spots drew 4.04 million visitors on holiday's third day

In short

Guangdong's provincial culture and tourism department estimated that 4A-rated and above scenic spots in the province received 4.044 million visitors on Oct 3, the third day of the National Day holiday. Monitored sites also drew visitors: 618,000 along 14 ancient post-road sections, 356,000 at 13 classic “red tourism” sites, 428,000 at 100 rural tourism sites and historic villages, and 498,000 at 100 key public cultural institutions. The department described the figures as preliminary estimates.

Why it matters

The numbers give a snapshot of holiday-period travel traffic at monitored sites in Guangdong during the National Day holiday, a peak travel period for the province. Because the documents give no year-earlier comparisons and no province-wide visitor total, the scale of any change in travel demand cannot be judged from them.

Key facts

• Guangdong's Department of Culture and Tourism made a preliminary estimate that 4A-rated and above scenic spots in the province received 4.044 million visitors on Oct 3. [ 1 , 3 ]
• Fourteen monitored sections of ancient post roads along their key areas received 618,000 visitors. [ 1 , 3 ]
• Thirteen monitored classic “red tourism” sites received 356,000 visitors. [ 1 , 3 ]
• One hundred monitored rural tourism sites and historic ancient villages received 428,000 visitors. [ 1 , 3 ]
• One hundred monitored key public cultural institutions received 498,000 citizens and tourists. [ 1 , 3 ]
• Oct 3 was the third day of the National Day holiday. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]

What local media are saying

Timeline, local time

1. 09:03CLS publishes the provincial culture and tourism department's preliminary Oct 3 visitor figures for Guangdong. [ 1 ]
2. 09:06Yicai publishes the same headline figure. [ 2 ]
3. 09:22Jiemian publishes the figure with the full breakdown of monitored sites, citing Southern Daily. [ 3 ]