More Chinese Visitors to Abu Dhabi in 2017

Posted by Newsdesk
On 28th April 2017
Abu Dhabi, Chinese tourists

During the first three months of 2017, almost 100,000 Chinese visitors flew to Abu Dhabi and thus became the largest source of tourists to the emirate, surpassing visitors from India. Abu Dhabi’s Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA) have accordingly pointed to 2016’s introduction of a visa-on-arrival policy for Chinese nationals as leading to a year-on-year […]

COTRI and Dragon Trail “Keeping Up the Pace” Webinar Available to Watch Online for Free

Posted by Christopher Ledsham
On 26th April 2017

A live recording of April 25th session of the COTRI China Outbound Tourism Research Institute and Dragon Trail Interactive Webinar “Keeping up the Pace: New Online Information and Marketing Sources for Chinese Outbound Tourism” is now available to watch on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh225Nl9CT4 Featuring presentations by COTRI Director Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt, Dragon Trail […]

Free Webinar on April 25th, 2017 Discussing the Latest in Online Tools Suited for the Chinese Outbound Travel Market

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On 12th April 2017
25th April, Free Webinar

On Tuesday 25th April, 2017 COTRI China Outbound Tourism Research Institute and China based and travel focused digital marketing agency Dragon Trail Interactive will offer a free webinar entitled: “Keeping up the Pace: New Online Information and Marketing Sources for Chinese Outbound Tourism” from 17:00 to 17:45 GMT+1 (17:00 London, 18:00 Berlin, 12:00 New York […]

China Southern Airlines Launches Its First Direct Flight To Mexico

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On 12th April 2017
China Southern Airlines, Direct Flight, Guangzhou, Latin American Market, Mexico City

China Southern Airlines, China’s largest airline in terms of passenger traffic has launched its new Guangzhou to Mexico City route, which will be serviced three times per week by 228-seat Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. The connection is the first operated by a domestic Chinese airline between China and Mexico, since Aeromexico already offers direct flight […]

Meet COTRI at ITB China, Booth 772

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On 5th April 2017
CTW Awards, events, exhibition, Shanghai

COTRI China Outbound Tourism Research Institute will be participating at the inaugural ITB China event held from the 10th to the 12th of May, 2017 at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Conference Center. An official partner of the event, COTRI representatives will be available at booth 772 for the duration of the event. In […]

Ireland’s Cobh Tourism Certified as Chinese Tourist Welcome Quality Organisation

Posted by Christopher Ledsham
On 5th April 2017
Certification, CTW Training, Ireland, Quality Organisation

Cobh Tourism has become the first organisation in the Republic of Ireland to be awarded with COTRI’s CTW Chinese Tourist Welcome Quality Organisation status following the participation of 34 local tourism businesses in the CTW Chinese Tourist Welcome Training Programme, led by COTRI Country Partner Dr. Tony Lenehan, Executive Director the of Centre for Competitiveness. […]

Finnish Lapland Booms as a Chinese Tourist Destination amidst Increased Chinese-Finnish Cooperation

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On 4th April 2017
Finland, Lapland, One Belt One Road, Rovaniemi

The Finnish Lapland region has seen a record year in tourism, fuelled by a rise in Chinese tourists, whose numbers were twice those welcomed in 2015. The local tourism bureau has reported that Chinese is the most-widely spoken among foreign tourists to regional capital Rovaniemi, the official ‘hometown’ of Santa Claus, and the language is […]