The May Day and National Day holidays are China""s golden tourism week with favorable climate conditions in most regions. However, the sudden and destructive feature of tourism meteorological disasters, combined with the concentrated travel during these periods, may have severe impact on the tourism industry. Daily observational data from national meteorological stations and information of landfall tropical cyclones over China since 1961 were used to reveal the spatiotemporal patterns of tourism meteorological disasters during the May Day and National Day holidays and further analyze long-term trends. The results indicate that the number of meteorological disaster days during the National Day holiday is generally less than that during the May Day holiday. Except for fog and cold wave events, all types of tourism meteorological disasters exert weaker impacts in the National Day holiday than in the May Day holiday. The number of meteorological disaster days decreases in the later stages of both the May Day and National Day holidays, which is favorable for tourism. There are obvious spatial differences in various tourism meteorological disasters across China. North China is primarily impacted by strong winds, dust storms and cold waves. Southwest China is greatly affected by severe convection and fog. Tourism meteorological disasters in South China are mainly dominated by rainstorm and high temperature. The number of national average meteorological disaster days during the two holidays shows a significant decreasing trend. The downward trends in strong winds and dust storm days are especially notable, while high temperature days increase significantly. Overall, the probability of tourism meteorological disaster is higher in northeastern Tibet, southern Qinghai, northwestern Sichuan and southern Yunnan, while it is low in Northeast China, North China, Huang-Huai, the southeastern part of Northwest China, and northern Xinjiang. A total of 18 tropical cyclones made landfall in China during the National Day holiday from 1961 to 2024, with the highest landfall frequency in Guangdong Province. Under the background of global climate warming, more attentions should be paid to the impact of high temperature and landfall tropical cyclones during the May Day and National Day holiday.