South: National Day holiday travel

[Alex Whiteman]

I want to go somewhere this coming National Holiday - but I'm a bit worried about everything being overcrowded to the point of. . . well. . . getting worked up by the usual Chinese-crowd things and not really enjoying it. . .

This would be in Guangdong province or nearby. 

I was thinking Guilin for a bit, but it sounds like it's going to be insane.

Any alternatives?
Any experiences of travel during this time?

[jobm]

Me too, because it is a one week holiday.

 

I am afraid that even the tourist attractions here are closed.

[obscuritea]

Also curious about this!

 

I know everyone's traveling everywhere pretty much during this time, but are there any particular places where there should be comparatively less people traveling to?? I don't want to waste the week-long vacation but I also don't wanna have too much trouble with buying tickets and lodging or having the destination be utterly and completely overrun with other visitors either.

[gato]

Not really. All touristy places inside China will be extremely crowded over the Oct 1 holidays. Wealthier Chinese generally try to travel outside the country for these long national holidays.