Best wishes for a peaceful and profitable 2018

Posted by Newsdesk
On 20th December 2017
COTRI Weekly, Happy Holidays, last edition 2017, results

Dear COTRI Weekly readers, “May you live in interesting times” is a Chinese curse (!), and 2017 has been an “interesting” year indeed. Nevertheless, for the Chinese outbound tourism market, the growth and the support of the Chinese government has continued, so as more and more destinations and companies have started the paradigm switch from “lots of […]

Swiss COTRI Country Partner Prof. Barbara Haller-Rupf published in Zeitschrift für Tourismuswissenschaft

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On 13th December 2017
Alpine tourism, chinese outbound tourism, Journal, tourism, Zeitschrift für Tourismuswissenschaft

COTRI Country Partner for Switzerland Prof. Dipl. phil. II Barbara Haller-Rupf has had her German-language article ‘China Inbound Service: Ein Ansatz, die Wertschöpfung mit chinesischen Gästen in den alpinen Destinationen zu halten‘ – co-authored with Dr. rer pol. Dipl.-Kffr. (Univ.) Katrin Schillo – published in Volume 9, Issue 2 (Nov 2017) of Zeitschrift für Tourismuswissenschaft. […]

Chinese outbound tourists’ spending habits are evolving alongside their tastes

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On 13th December 2017
China spending, Chinese shopping, Chinese Tourism

The rise of Chinese outbound tourism has been characterised by the image of free-spending Chinese consumers, known the world over for buying up luxury goods in major shopping cities such as Paris, Seoul, Dubai and San Francisco. With the Chinese being the world’s highest-spending travellers by nationality – comfortably more than the second and third-placed […]

New episode of China Outbound Travel Pulse: Shopping

Posted by Christopher Ledsham
On 8th December 2017
China Outbound Travel Pulse, Chinese tourist interviews, Chinese tourist videos, pulse video

The latest episode of the China Outbound Travel Pulse video series is now available on the COTRI website and its dedicated YouTube channel. Covering the theme of shopping in the Chinese outbound travel market, the video sees a number of Chinese interviewees discuss their opinions on the role that shopping plays in their own travel […]

Comparisons and contrasts between Chinese arrival figures in 2008 and 2018: A decade of development

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On 6th December 2017

Last week saw COTRI publish its forecast for Chinese outbound arrival numbers for 2018 in its COTRI Market Report, declaring that the annual total of border crossings is projected to reach 154 million, representing a 6.3% year-on-year increase against the 145 million forecasted for 2017. While 6.3% overall annual growth may seem modest in light of […]

COTRI publishes its 2018 forecast of total Chinese outbound tourist arrivals in the Autumn 2017 issue of the COTRI Market Report – Full 2018 outlook available

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On 1st December 2017
china outbound market, china tourism, Chinese Arrival Numbers, Chinese Tourism, Chinese tourism statistics, COTRI Market Report

The publication of the Autumn 2017 edition of the COTRI Market Report has seen the release of COTRI’s 2018 forecast for Chinese outbound tourist arrival numbers. Barring unforeseen “Black Swan” events, COTRI projects that 2018 will see 154 million border crossings made by Chinese nationals, representing a 6.3% year-on-year increase from 2017’s final forecast of […]