Data shows that on the first day of the holiday, hotel check-ins in county towns across Zhejiang, Anhui, Guizhou, Hunan, and several other provinces surged more than fivefold year-on-year.

Through autumn viewing maps, it becomes clear that many autumn landscapes are tucked away in hidden gem small towns across various regions.

During the Mid-Autumn holiday, the vast Heilongjiang River unfolded its most brilliant autumn panorama of the year. This year, Heilongjiang integrated its premium cultural and tourism resources, launching five major themes and over a hundred distinctive autumn viewing routes. In Luobei County of Hegang City, a self-driving tour along the border route blends autumn sightseeing, revolutionary heritage education, and riverside leisure into one experience, offering an immersive way to unlock the limited-time autumn scenery.

In addition, Huoshaodian Town in Liuba County, Hanzhong, Shaanxi Province, leveraging its location in a core dark-sky zone with minimal light pollution and exceptionally high atmospheric transparency, has been developed into a "moon-viewing and stargazing town.