China begins the countdown to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics with only one gold from Pyeongchang

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On 28th February 2018
china, olympic games, south korea, winter olympics, winter sports

With the 23rd edition of the Winter Olympics having just closed in Pyeongchang, South Korea, the baton has officially been passed to Beijing, which will host the games’ next instalment in February 2022, thereby making the Chinese capital the first city to host both the summer and winter events. Nevertheless, the Pyeongchang games suggested there’s room […]

COTRI Director Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt writes on the topic of China Tourism Years

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On 23rd February 2018

As has been established as somewhat of an annual tradition, COTRI Director Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt has had an article on the topic of Chinese outbound tourism published in the German-speaking ChinaContact magazine, the “leading German-language business magazine on China”. The new piece, entitled “Tourismusjahre für mehr Wettbewerb” (Tourism Years for more competition), explores […]

The CTW Awards will return at ITB China 2018

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On 21st February 2018
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The free application period for the fifteenth annual instalment of the CTW Chinese Tourist Welcome Awards opened last week, with submissions being accepted until Thursday April 12th. The event will be held for the second time at ITB China at Shanghai’s World Expo and Exhibition Center between Wednesday 16th and Friday 18thMay, 2018, having already been […]

GeLi Consult LLC’s China Ready Miami! event to take place on Monday February 26

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On 20th February 2018
china, chinese, chinese outbound tourism, Chinese Tourism, tourism

COTRI Country Partner for the United States GeLi Consult LLC will host a China Ready Miami! event from 6 to 8pm on Monday February 26 at BizNest Miami, FL. Full event information can be found at the following link. The event – which will be presented by both GeLi Consult LLC and Dragon Trail Interactive […]

145 million border crossings in 2017: COTRI arrival forecasts confirmed

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On 14th February 2018

The following article appeared as the lead story in the February 13, 2018 edition of the COTRI Weekly Dear Readers, With more statistics for December 2017 now available, we can confirm that our forecast of 145 million border crossings from Mainland China in 2017 has been accurate, with 69.5 million trips ending in Hong Kong, […]

Satoria Group awarded with CTW Quality Organisation status

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On 13th February 2018
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With a number of its staff completing the CTW Chinese Tourist Welcome Training Programme at a training event in Warsaw, the Satoria Group has become the first hotel group in Poland to be awarded with CTW Quality Organisation status. The training was delivered by regional COTRI Country Partner Chinese Outbound Travel, which holds sole responsibility […]

International Tourism Studies Association, London Office – Launch event live to be streamed live today

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On 9th February 2018
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To mark the launch of its London office, which will be responsible for supporting and promoting its work and its members outside of China, COTRI Partner International Tourism Studies Association will be hosting an opening ceremony at 17:00 GMT (18:00 CET, 12:00 EST). To mark the occasion, COTRI Director Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt will […]

New episode of China Outbound Travel Pulse: Chinese New Year

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On 8th February 2018
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The sixth episode of the China Outbound Travel Pulse series has just been published on the COTRI website, as well as on the series YouTube channel. In advance of the start of the year of the earth dog on February 16, 2018, the video discusses Chinese outbound travel trends within the context of the Chinese […]

Japanese mobile game captures imagination of would-be Chinese travellers

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On 7th February 2018
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The overwhelming success of a Japanese mobile app game that sees players ‘follow’ a frog around Japan is tapping into the ever-growing wanderlust of Chinese netizens. Despite only being available in Japanese, Tabi Kaeru (Travel Frog) become a hit among Chinese users, who account for the overwhelming majority of downloads of the game. Produced by Japanese developer HitPoint […]