May Day holiday sees packed tourist attractions in Guizhou, Fujian

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May Day holiday sees packed tourist attractions in Guizhou, Fujian

2026-05-04 16:59 Last Updated At：22:37

Various tourist attractions in southwest China's Guizhou Province and east China's Fujian Province have been teaming with holidaymakers since the country's five-day May Day holiday began on Friday, as cities and towns vie with each other to lure visitors with innovative tourism offerings.

Shuanghe Cave, located in Zunyi City's Suiyang County in Guizhou, is Asia's longest cave with a total length of about 440 km. It is now a top choice for music lovers, not to mention thousands of adventure-seeking tourists.

By combining the karst cave resources with activities including music festival, team building, study trips, camping, and food market, the scenic area has attracted an increasing number of tourists. "It's such a novel experience to enjoy a concert in a karst cave. And the blend of folk music with electronic music is really hip," said Gao Pengfei, a tourist.

In the first two days of the holiday, the scenic area received over 40,000 visitors, a year-on-year increase of 33 percent.

For the entire holiday period, the resort is expected to welcome more than 90,000 visitors, representing a projected 46 percent increase compared to last year.

The Three Lanes and Seven Alleys district, or Sanfang Qixiang, a historic and cultural area built during the Jin Dynasty (265-420) in Fuzhou, capital city of east China's Fujian Province, has launched many tour routes and performance activities for the May Day holiday, attracting nearly 590,000 visitors in the first three days of the holiday.

Police deploy 24-hour drone patrols during football matches in south China's Shenzhen

Police in Shenzhen City of south China's Guangdong Province have deployed 24-hour drone patrols around the Shenzhen Sports Center to enhance public safety control during the 2026 Chinese Super League season.

The Shenzhen Xinpengcheng Football Club has officially made the Shenzhen Sports Center its home ground for the 2026 Chinese Super League season. Football matches have attracted more than 10,000 fans per match, leading to intense crowd density and severe traffic congestion, which places immense pressure on security.

Amid the excitement of tens of thousands, the calmest "guards" aren't in the stands, but stationed over 100 meters above, in the sky.

Before a match began, police officer Wang Yiyuan and two teammates would be already deployed with well-defined roles: one would pilot the drones, another would keep an eye on the spectrogram to monitor the drone activity, and the third would coordinate with other ground police via his walkie-talkie.

Just before the end of the second half, a sudden alert for crowd flow popped up at the south square, where a large number of spectators had begun to gather as they leave the site. As this area served as the only passage for leaving the stadium, the crowd pressure could easily lead to a stampede.

From the initial alert to the loudspeaker broadcast and then to the arrival of police reenforcements on the scene, it took Wang and his colleagues just three minutes to complete the communication, and the crowds began to disperse.