Christmas Special Offer for the COTRI Market Report

Posted by Newsdesk
On 7th December 2015
china, Christmas, cotri, offer, tourism

The outbound tourism market of China has just experienced another year of rapid growth. With continued double-digit increase, China has consolidated itself as the most important outbound tourism market of the world. The number of Chinese tourists travelling abroad is projected to continue growing at a similar pace next year, which presents huge opportunities for the global […]

New Forbes blog post: Chinese modular travellers

Posted by Newsdesk
On 7th December 2015
arlt, china, chinese modular travellers, cmt, forbes, tourism, travel, trend

Professor Wolfgang Georg Arlt of COTRI China Outbound Tourism Research Institute recently published an article about a new phenonemon called Chinese modular travelers on his Forbes blog. Modular travelers in China is a relatively new concept which is already altering the consumption patterns of Chinese tourists. Instead of following rigid tourist groups, more and more Chinese […]

China is now the number one source of tourists to Japan

Posted by Newsdesk
On 4th December 2015
china, japan, politics, shopping, top, tourism, travel

Although the political relationship between China and Japan is still tense due to territorial disputes, the number of Chinese tourists in Japan is still increasing rapidly. According to the Japan National Tourism Organization, China has replaced Korea to become the largest source of foreign tourists in Japan. There were about 4.3 million Chinese tourists Japan […]

Chinese tourists bring more opportunities for Western Australia

Posted by Newsdesk
On 3rd December 2015
arlt, australia, china, tourism, Western Australia

China became the world’s largest source of tourists in 2013, and the source of world’s biggest spending tourists in 2012. Even the slowdown of China’s economy did not stop the development of tourism, with a massive 61.9 million Chinese traveling overseas in the first six months of this year, a 12.1% increase from the […]

Elderly Chinese, a market segment of increasing importance

Posted by Daniel Meesak
On 2nd December 2015
chinese, elderly, grey-hair tourism, red tourism, retirees, senior, tourism, trend

According to a recent report, over 5 million elderly Chinese go travelling each year, accounting for almost €1.5 billion in tourism revenues in 2014. However, this number is bound to increase dramatically the over the coming years, with the number of Chinese people over the age of 60 increasing by approximately 10 million people every […]

UnionPay launches expanded tourist destination preferential program

Posted by Daniel Meesak
On 1st December 2015
discounts, payment, program, refund, shopping, tourism, unionpay

UnionPay International is launching an updated and more inclusive version of its preferential program for tourist destinations, dubbed “40 Selected Tourist Destinations Worldwide” Preferential Program. The program is granting Chinese and international UnionPay cardholders special discounts and privileges when they are traveling abroad to any of the 40 destinations included in the program. The preferential […]

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