Consumption vouchers worth over 480 million yuan (more than 67 million U.S. dollars) in total have been issued in many places around China for a culture and tourism promotion month ahead of the eight-day National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, which starts from Wednesday. Over 29,000 cultural and tourism events are set to take place across the country to offer diversified and more convenient travel experience to holidaymakers and at the same time help them save money. With the 3rd Beijing Urban Regeneration Week launched on Sunday, residents in the Chinese capital will have the opportunity to go shopping in special markets and participate in art events from Sept 28 to Oct 8. This year's urban regeneration week features a wide range of scenarios of shopping, cultural activities, and sports events, with five million yuan in consumption vouchers released for consumers from online platforms. Zhejiang Province in east China will hand out vouchers worth 47.75 million yuan for culture and tourism of the season. The province has also launched special travel routes and 100 scenic areas across the province are to offer price cuts to tourists. In northeast China's Dalian City, Liaoning Province, musical festivals are held for the holiday and a total of 15 million yuan will be offered in vouchers. "I come to study in Dalian from other places and caught up with this musical festival at the beginning of the semester. I feel lucky to have the opportunity," said Yu Xiaotong, a student of the Dalian University of Foreign Languages. In Huangshan City, an iconic tourism attraction in east China's Anhui Province, tourists can enjoy price cuts with their plane or high-speed train ticket stubs. "We can enjoy price cuts in meals and sightseeing here with our high-speed train ticket stubs. This way we can save money and have a really good time. I think this novel way of ticket-stub economy is good to boost tourism," said a traveler. SHOTLIST: Beijing, China - Sept 28, 2025 1. Various of launch ceremony of 3rd Beijing Urban Regeneration Week; Beijing, China - Recent 2. Various of consumers getting consumption vouchers online; 3. Various of art museum, trees; 4. Various of book market, tourists; 5. Various of child playing basketball, tourists at sports playground; 6. Various of customers at sports gear sales event; Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, east China - Sept 26, 2025 7. Various of tourism promotion campaign in progress; Zhejiang Province, east China - Recent 8. Various of scenic area, tourists at scenic areas; Dalian City, Liaoning Province, northeast China - Recent 9. Various of musical festival, fans; 10. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Yu Xiaotong, student at Dalian University of Foreign Languages: "I come to study in Dalian from other places and caught up with this musical festival at the beginning of the semester. I feel lucky to have the opportunity."; Huangshan City, Anhui Province, east China - Recent 11. Aerial shots of scenic area; 12. Various of tourists, vendors; 13. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) tourist (name not given): "We can enjoy price cuts in meals and sightseeing here with our high-speed train ticket stubs. This way we can save money and have a really good time. I think this novel way of ticket-stub economy is good to boost tourism."; 14. Various of tourists. [Restrictions: No access Chinese mainland]