With China’s GOLDEN WEEK National Holiday only a week away both Thailand and Vietnam are bracing for a huge influx of Chinese tourists.
Many countries have a day or days set aside every year to celebrate workers.
In china three days of paid holiday are given, and the surrounding weekends are re-arranged so that workers in Chinese companies always have seven continuous days of holiday.
These national holidays were first started by the government for the PRC’s National Day in 1999 and are primarily intended to help expand the domestic tourism market and improve the national standard of living, as well as allowing people to make long-distance family visits.
The Golden Weeks are consequently periods of greatly heightened travel activity.
Golden Week is the 2nd largest holiday after the Chinese New Year, which is celebrated in either January or February which is set around Chinese New year.
The date moves each year depending on the lunar cycle. National Day, which is part of Golden Week begins October 1st and ends on October 7th.
During this time warehouse, office, and factory workers are given vacation at the same time so that the office and factory can close down completely.
These weeks make headlines due to the large crowds of people that accompany them.
Last year, 6 million Chinese tourists traveled abroad hitting the rails, roads and airports during Golden Week and spent 13 billion US dollars.
With this in mind, you’ll probably want to consider a few things if you’re considering taking a trip to China during this time. – tripsavvy.com
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