BEIJING/Shanghai - More mainland tourists are expected to visit Taiwan during the upcoming one-week National Day holiday from Oct 1, giving a boost to the island's tourism, which has not had as many individual mainland tourists as expected.

Ctrip.com, one of China's leading online travel services, said in a news release the number of individual tourists to the island is expected to double during the Golden Week holiday.

The company also estimates that visitors from the mainland will significantly increase in the fourth quarter, which is normally regarded as the best season to travel in the island.