Chinese people are enjoying various types of cultural activities during the National Day holiday, which runs from Oct. 1 to 7.
China's capital, Beijing, has launched more than 2,400 cultural activities and tourism products for the peak travel period, covering new forms and scenarios of cultural and tourism consumption at places including scenic areas, parks, business districts and night markets.
A total of 41 special sightseeing buses touring the Beijing Central Axis, a UNESCO World Heritage site, are serving 4,000 tourists daily on average.
The Beijing Central Axis, the best-preserved example of traditional central axis architecture in China, extends 7.8 kilometers from Yongding Gate in the south to the Bell and Drum Towers in the north.
East China's Fujian Province is organizing more than 1,100 cultural tourism activities with local features, including performances of Tiao Fan, or Jian'ou flag raising, a national intangible cultural heritage in Jian'ou City.
East China's Jiangsu Province is implementing 629 measures to benefit locals and holidaymakers, including extending opening hours of cultural venues and issuing discount coupons.
In Changxing County of eastern Zhejiang Province, around 60,000 people sang patriotic songs together on the National Day to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Chinese enjoy cultural activities during National Day holiday
Price hikes in Cambodia resulting from the global energy crisis have made local people's life more difficult.
Among Southeast Asian countries, Cambodia is the most severely affected by the fuel crisis triggered by the war in Iran.
It has neither domestic commercial oil production capability nor oil refinery, and even under normal conditions it has less than a month's supply of petrol, diesel, jet fuel, and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).
The vast majority of the country's tuk-tuks which run on LPG have faced soaring prices.
"The fares for the ride-hailing apps we work with don't increase. They don't adjust in line with the rising gas prices. It's very hard to make a living. Even affording three meals a day is difficult, it's sometimes not enough," said Nov Hout, an LPG tuk-tuk driver.
Hout said some drivers have already switched to electric vehicles to save LPG costs.
Meanwhile, the sharp rise in the LPG price has compelled many Cambodians to abandon modern cooking methods and revert to traditional practices.
"We have to use firewood for cooking for the time being. It's just not as convenient as cooking with gas, but we must save money because gas is so expensive," said Chea Yon, a resident on Cambodia's Silk Island.
Cambodia relies heavily on road transportation, and rising fuel costs are driving up the price of all sorts of goods.
Farmers are not only feeling the pinch of rising fertilizer costs, but also pressures from fuel costs.
"We need to use a machine to pump water for irrigation, which requires a lot of fuel. The other day when we dug up ginger, we didn't make a profit at all. In fact, we lost money because fuel prices are so high," said Ra Hong, a farmer in Phnom Penh.
Fuel price hikes in Cambodia make life harder for local people
