Your travel guide for 2026 National Day holiday

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  Discussion keeps the world turning.

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  This is Round Table.

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  This year, the calendar pulled off something unusual.

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  Mid-Autumn Festival ran September 25th to 27th, and then just a few days later, National Day holiday kicks in.

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  It runs from October 1st all the way through to the 7th,

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  stacking into a stretch of time that people haven't seen in years.

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  And they're already making their moves.

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  Travel platforms are reporting sharp spikes in domestic bookings compared to last year, but the real story perhaps lies overseas.

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  Demand for international destinations is climbing even faster.

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  So what does this wonderful holiday window actually tell us about how people are traveling in 2026?

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  Where are they going?

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  Why now?

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  And what's changed since the last time we had a break?

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  Coming to you from our studios in Beijing, this is Round Table.

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  First up.

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  Yes, this year's National Day holiday comes with a rather unusual travel opportunity.

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  I say unusual because I'm not sure, I'm going to ask you, Feifei and Yushan, good afternoon.

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  How often this type of convenient travel schedule comes together,

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  but we had the Mid-Autumn Festival from the 25th to the 27th.

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  Here we are, just a few days later, and we're kicking off the National Day holiday,

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