Nanning boosts holiday vitality with integrated culture-tourism initiatives

Nanning offered a vibrant holiday experience during the 2025 National Day-Mid-Autumn break, rolling out over 80 integrated culture-tourism activities to fuel tourism and consumption.

Scenic spots drew massive crowds. Renmin Park's east gate featured 70,000 blooming pink-and-white spider flowers.

Nanning Garden Expo Park sets off daytime fireworks. [Photo/Nanning Daily]

Nanning Garden Expo Park features a 30,000-square-meter pink muhly grass field alongside fireworks displays, intangible cultural heritage parades, and pet interaction activities.

Meituan Travel data ranked Qingxiu Mountain and the expo park as Nanning's top two popular attractions.

The pink muhly grass field in Nanning Garden Expo Park attracts many tourists to take photos and check in. [Photo/Nanning Daily]

Shopping enthusiasm was also high. The "Enjoy Double Festivals · Nanning Gifts" campaign encouraged spending, with malls and local streets filled with visitors. Citizens also enjoyed leisure time at bookstores for reading and art galleries for exhibitions.

Tourists keep coming to Qingxiu Mountain Scenic Area. [Photo/Nanning Daily]

Local food gained great popularity. Street stalls and fancy restaurants alike welcomed crowds eager to savor Nanning's flavors.

Dianping statistics indicated that online orders for "must-try" restaurants and shops listed for over ten years increased by more than 208 percent month-on-month, with traffic to the "must-try list" rising by 204 percent.

Nanning's integrated culture-tourism model combined sightseeing, shopping and dining into a lively experience, fully releasing the vitality of its holiday economy.