The 25th Edition of the ENTER conference: The future of tech in tourism is increasingly Asian

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On 31st January 2018
Alibaba, alipay, Chinese Tourism, enter conference, enter2018, mobile payment, wechat, wechat pay

The following article appeared as the lead story in the January 30, 2018 edition of the COTRI Weekly: Dear readers, Last week saw the 25th ENTER conference, this time organised by IFITT in the far north in the Swedish city of Jönköping. IFITT stands for International Federation for Information Technologies and Travel & Tourism, the leading […]

New app launched allowing shoppers to buy overseas luxury goods directly from China

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On 29th January 2018
boutique, Chinese overseas shopping, chinese shoppers, Chinese spending, Chinese tourists, designer, luxury shopping

ÔLAVIE, an app-based service allowing Chinese consumers to purchase luxury goods through personal shoppers in Europe and have them directly delivered to China, has been recently launched online. Calling itself “the first European luxury social commerce marketplace for Chinese consumers”, ÔLAVIE allows users to browse a Chinese language interface to pick out their purchases directly […]

More than snow: The potential of Chinese tourists for sustainable tourism in Austria

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On 24th January 2018

The ninth edition of the Austrian Winter Sports Days event – this year added to the agenda of the 2018 EU-China Tourism Year – will be held between February 2nd and 4th at the Songhua Lake Resort in the Chinese province of Jilin and see cooperation between Austrian and Chinese winter sports and lifestyle professionals. With interest […]

New episode of China Outbound Travel Pulse: Adventure Travel

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On 23rd January 2018

The China Outbound Travel Pulse series’ fifth episode is now available on the COTRI website as well as on the series YouTube channel. The latest instalment of the series provides an insight into the growth of ‘adventurous’ travel activities undertaken by Chinese tourists in line with the market’s increasing maturity and the according maturity of […]

Chinese Ambassador to Slovakia Lin Lin opens CTW Training in Bratislava

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On 23rd January 2018

His Excellency Mr Lin Lin, The Ambassador of PRC to the Slovak Republic opened a CTW Chinese Tourist Welcome training session led by COTRI Country Partner Tomasz Janczak of Chinese Outbound Travel in Bratislava on Tuesday 16th January, 2018. Speaking to the 17 participants present at the Radisson Blu Carlton Hotel, His Excellency Mr. Lin […]

There is no such thing as Chinese food

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On 17th January 2018
Chinese food, Chinese restaurants, Chinese tourists

Food is an important topic in China. Actually, there is no “Chinese” food. China is bigger than Europe and equally diverse, with climatic situations and cultural traditions resulting in big differences between Hunanese, Cantonese, Shanghainese, Sichuanese etc. cuisines. This will be the topic of the book Food, Wine and China – A Tourism Perspective, which will be […]

UNWTO’s new Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili announces international tourism statistics for 2017. COTRI annual data also confirmed

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On 16th January 2018

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has announced in its latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer that international tourist arrivals (overnight visitors) reached 1,322 million in 2017, representing a year-on-year growth rate of 7%. This figure is forecast to grow by a further 4-5% in 2018. 2017’s statistics showed a pattern of sustained increases in visitor numbers […]

2018: A big year for Chinese Tourism Years

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On 10th January 2018
2018 Canada-China Year of Tourism, 2018 EU-China Tourism Year, 2018 Turkey Tourism Year in China, ECTY2018, Tourism Year

The following article appeared as the lead story in the January 9, 2018 edition of the COTRI Weekly: Dear Readers, Welcome to the first edition of COTRI Weekly in the New Year 2018! The start of the new year saw not only snow in Florida, but also the good news that for the first time […]

New episode of China Outbound Travel Pulse: Exchange Rate

Posted by Christopher Ledsham
On 9th January 2018

The fourth episode of the China Outbound Travel Pulse series is now available on the COTRI website as well as on the dedicated series YouTube channel. Published on January 9th, 2018, the most recent video discusses the effects that the changes in the value of the Chinese renminbi against other global currencies has on Chinese […]

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On 8th January 2018
China data, China flight data, China statistics, chinese tourism data, Chinese tourist statistics, Chinese travel data, ForwardKeys

Following its successful launch in October 2017, COTRI China Outbound Tourism Research Institute and ForwardKeys’ joint webinar series will return on Wednesday 24th and Friday 26th of January. Pooling the expertise of the two respective market leaders, the premium webinar will feature a core of professional analysis of key topical themes led by COTRI and […]