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On September 9th, 2013, the China Tourism Academy published the "Forecast for Tourism Market during Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day", predicting that tourists' consuming intention will rise in general during the Mid-Autumn Festival and the National Day. The China Tourism Academy predicted that during the two holidays, the number of the nation's tourists would reach 0.439 billion, a year-on-year growth of 18%, and the nation's tourism income would top RMB 224.7 billion Yuan, a year-on-year growth of 22%.

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According to the China Tourism Academy, the implementation of "Tourism Law" will build a more favorable and sound market environment. In spite of the fact that the tourism market will be influenced by factors such as consumers' wait-and-see attitudes and increased prices of some group tours, which resulted from the implementation of "Tourism Law", tourists' consuming intention is predicted to rise in general during the two national holidays. The need for tourism supply and services will keep rising steadily.

The China Tourism Academy predicted that, in light of the market need, the domestic leisure vocations would dominate the tourism market during the Mid-Autumn Festival and the National Day. The trend of independent travelling would become more obvious during the two holidays. According to the current tourism bookings, due to the facts such as the increased prices of some group tours and the infeasibility of combining the two holidays together to enjoy a longer vacation, long-distance trips will be fewer than expected, while short-distance trips such as suburb trips, countryside trips, road trips, independent trips and high-quality trips will be the main choices for tourists during the National Day Golden Week. In terms of overseas tourism, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, islands will remain to be the main destinations for Chinese tourists. In addition, in-depth trips, high-quality trips and theme trips will be more favored.