AMID THE STILL SEVERE GLOBAL PANDEMIC SITUATION, CHINA'S "NATIONAL DAY" GOLDEN WEEK THIS YEAR HAS ATTRACTED SPECIAL ATTENTION FROM FOREIGN MEDIA.THE NEW YORK TIMES BELIEVES THAT THE "NATIONAL DAY" GOLDEN WEEK HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CLOSELY WATCHED BAROMETER OF CHINA'S ECONOMIC HEALTH. ACCORDING TO SINGAPORE'S STRAITS TIMES, "ALL EYES ARE NOW FOCUSED ON CHINA'S GOLDEN WEEK". MULTIPLE BRITISH MEDIA OUTLETS HAVE ALSO REPORTED ON THE THEME OF A LARGE NUMBER OF TOURISTS VISITING CHINA DURING THE GOLDEN WEEK, WITH VIVID IMAGES AND TEXT. THE CROWD IS SURGING! THE GOLDEN WEEK OF NATIONAL DAY WELCOMES THE PEAK OF TRAVELTHE NATIONAL DAY GOLDEN WEEK IS AN IMPORTANT TIME FOR CHINESE PEOPLE TO TRAVEL EVERY YEAR. THIS YEAR'S NATIONAL DAY HOLIDAY CAME AS SCHEDULED. THANKS TO CHINA'S EFFECTIVE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF THE COVID-19, THE "NATIONAL DAY" GOLDEN WEEK RETURNED TO THE PREVIOUS BUSY SCENE. ACCORDING TO THE DATA CENTER OF THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND TOURISM, DURING THE FIRST FOUR DAYS OF THE NATIONAL DAY HOLIDAY, A TOTAL OF 425 MILLION TOURISTS WERE RECEIVED NATIONWIDE, A YEAR-ON-YEAR RECOVERY OF 78.4%; REALIZE DOMESTIC TOURISM REVENUE OF 312.02 BILLION YUAN, A YEAR-ON-YEAR RECOVERY OF 68.9%.ON THE 5TH LOCAL TIME, CBS REPORTED THAT DURING CHINA'S NATIONAL DAY HOLIDAY, IT IS EXPECTED THAT 600 MILLION PEOPLE WILL TRAVEL BY CAR, PLANE, AND TRAIN NATIONWIDE.ON OCTOBER 1, THE BBC WEBSITE PUBLISHED THE REPORT "CHINA HOLIDAYS: HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE FLOWING IN THE GOLDEN WEEK", WHICH REPORTED THE BUSTLING SCENE OF CHINA'S "NATIONAL DAY" GOLDEN WEEK. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 550 MILLION CHINESE WILL TRAVEL IN CHINA DURING THE EIGHT DAY HOLIDAY.THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTED THAT IN RESPONSE TO THE SURGE IN TOURISTS, THE GREAT WALL SCENIC AREA HAS DEPLOYED MORE SECURITY AND STAFF.THE BBC ALSO INTRODUCED THAT IN ORDER TO AVOID LARGE-SCALE TOURIST GATHERINGS, SOME TOURIST ATTRACTIONS HAVE IMPOSED CORRESPONDING RESTRICTIONS ON THE NUMBER OF VISITORS THEY RECEIVE. THE RETURN OF 'HUMAN FIREWORKS' TO WUHAN: THE MOST SHOCKING RECOVERY OF WUHAN'S TOURISM INDUSTRY: BECOMING A POPULAR TOURIST DESTINATIONACCORDING TO CNN, WUHAN HAS BECOME A POPULAR TOURIST DESTINATION FOR CHINESE TOURISTS SINCE THE LIFTING OF EXIT RESTRICTIONS IN APRIL. IN JUST OVER A MONTH, WUHAN SOLD 3.74 MILLION TICKETS TO TOURIST ATTRACTIONS.THE FINANCIAL TIMES REPORTED THAT DURING THIS YEAR'S GOLDEN WEEK, WUHAN'S TOURISM INDUSTRY EXPERIENCED THE MOST IMPRESSIVE RECOVERY. THE FAMOUS LANDMARK BUILDING IN WUHAN, THE YELLOW CRANE TOWER, HAS BECOME ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR ATTRACTIONS DURING CHINA'S NATIONAL DAY GOLDEN WEEK THIS YEAR.ON OCTOBER 2, THE TIMES WEBSITE PUBLISHED A REPORT ENTITLED "THE BOOMING CITY OF WUHAN IS FULL OF LAUGHTER AGAIN". IT SAID THAT THE COMING OF THE NATIONAL DAY, MORE THAN HALF A YEAR AFTER THE COVID-19, THE CITY WAS FULL OF VITALITY AGAIN.THE SHOPPING STREET IS BUSTLING WITH PEOPLE, AND THE LANDMARK BUILDING YELLOW CRANE TOWER STAGED A DAZZLING LIGHT AND SHADOW SHOW AT NIGHT. THE CURRENT SCENE CONTRASTS STRONGLY WITH THE EMPTY STREETS AND SHOPPING MALLS DURING THE PANDEMIC.AT THE HEIGHT OF THE COVID-19, WUHAN SPORTS CENTER WAS TRANSFORMED INTO AN EMERGENCY HOSPITAL FOR COVID-19 PATIENTS. RECENTLY, THE CENTER REOPENED, AND ABOUT 2000 CITIZENS DRESSED IN RED CLOTHES EXPRESSING PATRIOTIC ENTHUSIASM HELD A 10 KILOMETER LONG RACE HERE.ON OCTOBER 1ST AND 3RD LOCAL TIME, THE DAILY MAIL PUBLISHED PICTURES AND VIDEOS FROM MAJOR NEWS AGENCIES AROUND THE WORLD ABOUT CHINA'S CELEBRATION OF THE NATIONAL DAY AND MID AUTUMN FESTIVAL. THE SERIES OF REPORTS REPEATEDLY FEATURED THE SCENE OF WUHAN'S FLAG WAVING AND BUSTLING TRAFFIC DURING THE NATIONAL DAY HOLIDAY, AS WELL AS THE FESTIVE ATMOSPHERE IN AMUSEMENT PARKS.THE FINANCIAL TIMES BELIEVES THAT THE RECOVERY OF WUHAN'S TOURISM ECONOMY IS MAINLY DUE TO THE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE CONTROL MEASURES TAKEN BY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT AGAINST THE EPIDEMIC, ENSURING THE SAFETY OF PEOPLE'S TRAVEL AND ENHANCING THEIR CONFIDENCE IN TRAVEL. WHERE TO GO FOR NATIONAL DAY TRAVEL? DOMESTIC TOURISM HAS BECOME A MAJOR TREND!DURING THE NATIONAL DAY HOLIDAY, RAILWAYS ACROSS THE COUNTRY SENT OVER TEN MILLION PASSENGERS FOR SIX CONSECUTIVE DAYS. AS OF OCTOBER 4TH, THERE WERE 58608 FLIGHTS NATIONWIDE, WHICH HAS RETURNED TO 91.2% OF THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR; TRANSPORTED 6.48 MILLION PASSENGERS, RETURNING TO 90.5% OF THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.THE NEW YORK TIMES SAID, "THE TRAIN IS LOADED WITH TOURISTS, WHICH IS A CLEAR SIGNAL OF CHINA'S RECOVERY FROM THE EPIDEMICIN ADDITION TO FOCUSING ON THE TOURISM RELATED DATA OF CHINA'S "NATIONAL DAY" GOLDEN WEEK AND THE RECOVERY OF WUHAN'S TOURISM INDUSTRY, MANY FOREIGN MEDIA HAVE ALSO FOCUSED ON THE TRAVEL HABITS AND MODES OF CHINESE PEOPLE DURING THE "NATIONAL DAY" GOLDEN WEEK IN THE CONTEXT OF THE GLOBAL COVID-19 EPIDEMIC. TOURISTS DURING THE GOLDEN WEEK UNDER THE EPIDEMIC PREFER INDIVIDUAL AND SMALL GROUP TOURSJAPAN'S DAILY NEWS REPORTED THAT DUE TO THE IMPACT OF THE EPIDEMIC, THE WAY OF TRAVEL OF CHINESE PEOPLE HAS CHANGED: THE NUMBER OF CAR RENTAL APPOINTMENTS HAS INCREASED, THE DEMAND FOR CAMPERS HAS INCREASED, INDIVIDUAL TOURS AND SMALL GROUP TOURS HAVE BECOME VERY POPULAR, AND NON-CONTACT TOUR GUIDE SERVICES SUCH AS SMART PHONE APP HAVE BEEN RAPIDLY POPULARIZED.THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTED THAT THE DEMAND FOR HOTELS IN LHASA AND OTHER AREAS HAS SURGED THIS YEAR, WITH HOTEL BOOKINGS IN LHASA INCREASING BY 600% COMPARED TO THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, REFLECTING THE INCREASING WILLINGNESS OF TOURISTS TO TRAVEL TO QUIET AND REMOTE AREAS.THE NEW YORK TIMES BELIEVES THAT THE CHAIN REACTION CAUSED BY THE EPIDEMIC IS STILL ONGOING. DUE TO THE IMPACT OF THE EPIDEMIC, PEOPLE'S TRAVEL HABITS HAVE CHANGED, AND CHINESE TOURISTS HAVE SHIFTED FROM "OUTBOUND TRAVEL" TO "DOMESTIC TRAVEL".AT THE INITIAL STAGE OF THE COVID-19, THE CIVIL AVIATION INDUSTRY WAS HIT HARD. SO DURING THE NATIONAL DAY HOLIDAY, MANY MEDIA OUTLETS ALSO FOCUSED ON THE RECOVERY OF CHINA'S CIVIL AVIATION INDUSTRY.THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTED THAT DUE TO THE ONGOING IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC ON THE TOURISM INDUSTRY, THE AVERAGE TICKET PRICES FOR MANY ROUTES IN CHINA ARE LOWER THAN IN PREVIOUS YEARS.BLOOMBERG BELIEVES THAT MILLIONS OF CHINESE PEOPLE TRAVEL BY AIR DURING THE NATIONAL DAY HOLIDAY, ALLOWING CHINESE AIRLINES TO TAKE THE LEAD IN GETTING RID OF THE EPIDEMIC AND RETURNING TO NORMAL. CHINA'S CIVIL AVIATION INDUSTRY IS RETURNING TO NORMAL. TAKE OFF YOUR MASK AND WALK THROUGH THE STREETS AND ALLEYS TO RESTORE THE FLOW OF PEOPLEDURING THE NATIONAL DAY HOLIDAY, THE TOURISM AND TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRIES GRADUALLY RECOVERED, AND THE NUMBER OF TRAVELERS INCREASED. HOW DID PEOPLE'S DAILY LIVES RECOVER UNDER THE NORMALIZATION OF EPIDEMIC PREVENTION AND CONTROL? SOME FOREIGN MEDIA HAVE ALSO REPORTED ON PEOPLE'S DAILY LIVES DURING THE "NATIONAL DAY" GOLDEN WEEK.THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTED THAT RECENTLY BEIJING NO LONGER REQUIRES PEOPLE TO ALWAYS WEAR MASKS, AND WUHAN'S GRADUALLY OPENING UP OF COLLECTIVE ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVITIES HAS ALSO ATTRACTED INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION.THE DAILY MAIL REPORTED THAT IN FEBRUARY, THE CHECK-IN COUNTERS AND CORRIDORS AT THE AIRPORT WERE EMPTY, BUT NOW THOUSANDS OF PASSENGERS ARE QUEUING UP. PEOPLE'S LIVES HAVE GRADUALLY RETURNED TO NORMAL, AND THE ONCE EMPTY STREETS HAVE REGAINED POPULARITY DURING THE NATIONAL DAY HOLIDAY. THE PREVIOUSLY QUIET SHOPPING CENTERS WERE FILLED WITH CONSUMERS. CNN: BEHIND THE SAYING 'PEOPLE FOLLOW THE CROWD' IS' CHINESE CONFIDENCE '!FACED WITH SUCH A HUGE NUMBER OF DOMESTIC TOURISTS DURING THE GOLDEN WEEK IN CHINA, CNN BELIEVES THAT THIS SHOWS "CHINA'S CONFIDENCE".