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Flights standing chances for full moon view among popular travel products as locals plan for upcoming holiday

By Hu Min | September 13, 2016, Tuesday | Online Edition

TRIPS to water towns, theme parks, beach resorts as well as flights that stand chances to enjoy a full moon view turn out the most sought-after travel products for the upcoming three-day holiday of Mid-Autumn Festival, said industry insiders. 

The tourist city of Sanya on tropical Hainan Island and Xiamen in Fujian Province are some of the most popular beach resorts, and Zhangjiajie scenic spot in Hunan Province and Jiuzhaigou Valley in Sichuan Province are also favored by local tourists among long distance domestic destinations, said online travel operator Tongcheng. 

Because there is a wedding boom in September and October traditionally, a number of lovebirds in Shanghai fly to the Bali Island, Maldives and Seoul to shoot wedding photos during the holiday, it said. 

Because there are only three days off, many tourists choose to visit neighboring places such as Anji County known for its pleasant environment with flourishing bamboo plantations and Changshu city in Jiangsu Province, according to travel agencies. 

Tourist attractions with beautiful autumn landscape such as Kanas Lake in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Tibet's Nyingchi Prefecture are also popular, while many tourists who booked flights during the holiday chose to fly on Thursday night to have a close look of the full moon, they said. 

There is few influence of clouds and haze when the flying height reaches above 10,000 meters, and between 6pm and 12am are the best time that day to see a clear full moon, they said. 

Meanwhile, scenic spots in Shanghai and neighboring cities will also host an array of activities during the holiday. 

The Changshu City in neighboring Jiangsu Province will host a fireworks lantern festival in Shanghu Lake during the festival to present a firework extravaganza, while a red maple culture festival will be staged in Yushan Mountain scenic spot which has more than 1,500 red maple trees of more than 10 varieties. 

The Chenshan Botanical Garden in Songjiang District will host several grass concerts through the festival with symphony music played, and a water lily exhibition is also under way at the garden. Plant lectures will also be hosted. 

The Shanghai Happy Valley will stage "Lake of Illusions", a live waterfront multimedia show which uses water curtain, lasers, fountain, fireworks, music and 3D image under the backdrop of Chinese mythology during the festival. Its WeChat fans will enjoy discounted tickets for night sessions during the festival. 

Street artists will play jazz amid garden villas and chinar trees in the Fuxing Road W. area and invite visitors into a swing dance party on the streets on Saturday afternoon during the Fuxing Art Festival in Xuhui District.  

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