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View all →Trending ExperienceGuilin Inbound Travel Boom 2026: 1.25M Overnight Visitors in 7 Months | China TravelGuilin's inbound boom in numbers: 1.25M overnight visitors (+63.5%), foreign arrivals up 187% at the port in Q2, 240-hour visa-free transit now at 57 countries — and why the karst city wins on value.Trending ExperienceChina Travel 2026: Foreign Visitors Spend a Third of the Global Average — Because Everything Is CheaperNew data shows foreign visitors spent only 29.1% of the global average per trip in China. That's not underspending — it's the best value-per-dollar travel case on earth right now.Trending ExperienceLanterns, Rolling Lantern Dance and a Moon Parade: Shanghai Yu Garden's Heritage Music Festival Is the New China Travel EveningShanghai's Yu Garden is hosting a run of heritage-meets-modern evenings: a moon parade, rolling lantern dance, blessing ceremony and live music on a stage floating over Jiuqu Lake. Foreign travelers are calling it the best 'Chinamaxxing' night out this season.Trending ExperienceShenzhen's Free Futian Light Show Is Golden Week's Newest China Travel MagnetShenzhen's free Futian light show returns for Golden Week 2026 — 43 lit buildings, 3 shows nightly. A top China travel night experience at zero cost.Trending ExperienceXishuangbanna's Starlight Night Market: The China Travel Experience Topping Every ListXishuangbanna's Starlight Night Market topped China's 2026 National Day night-market ranking: nearly 3,000 stalls, a six-nation theme and food for a few dollars. How to visit and what to eat.Trending ExperienceOne Street, Five Continents: Beijing's Huayang Global Carnival Packs World Food and Crafts Into a Five-Day WalkBeijing's newest China travel night: the Huayang Global Carnival turns Jinchengfang Street into a five-day, five-continent walk — 260 stalls of world food, hanfu and African braids, live Flamenco and fish-lantern parades, until October 22.Trending ExperienceChina Travel's Q3 Numbers Are In: 77.5% of Foreign Visitors Entered Visa-FreeQ3 saw 192M border crossings and visa-free entries at 77.5% of foreign arrivals — here's what it means and how to use the 240-hour transit rule.Trending ExperienceChina Travel Gets a New Land Gateway: Huanggang Port Reopens with 5-Minute ClearanceHuanggang Port reopened Oct 12 — 24/7 clearance in about 5 minutes, 886K travelers in the first week. What it means for Hong Kong-Shenzhen trips and visa-free transit.Trending ExperienceChina Travel Trend: Kunming's Lakefront Coffee Scene Is a New Must-TryKunming's Dianchi coffee scene won a national tourism award on Oct 18 after 6.46M visits in 9 days. The lakefront cafés, cycling routes and cheap cups are still open — here's how to do it.Trending ExperienceChina Travel Experience: Foreign Tourists Are Now Harvesting Rice in Longji TerracesForeign visitors are joining farmers to harvest rice in Guangxi's Longji Terraces this autumn. ¥80 entry, homestay-run field experiences, buses from Guilin — here's how to do the harvest-season trip.