Food and Chinese Outbound Tourism

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On 20th June 2018
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Two years ago, eight Chinese outbound tourists spent more than US$ 4,000 at Abu Ghosh, a famous restaurant in Jerusalem. The chief executive of the Israeli Incoming Tour Operators Association started a public debate by publishing a copy of the bill in an Israeli financial newspaper, accusing the owner of the restaurant of cheating his customers […]

COTRI Director Prof. Arlt delivers CTW Training in Riga

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On 19th June 2018
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COTRI Director Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt led a CTW Chinese Tourist Welcome training workshop in Riga, Lativa on Wednesday 13th June, 2018 with the LIAA Investment and Development Agency of Latvia. In attendance at the event – held at the LIAA headquarters – were a number of representatives from the Latvian tourism industry, as […]

Latest China Outbound Travel Pulse video: Sports Tourism

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On 19th June 2018
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The most recent China Outbound Travel Pulse episode – the eleventh in total – has been published on the COTRI website, as well as on the series’ dedicated YouTube channel. The episode focuses on the topic of Chinese outbound sports tourism, with a particular focus on this summer’s FIFA World Cup in Russia. The video […]

ForwardKeys data shows that the UK tops 2018’s list of European summer destinations for the Chinese outbound market

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On 18th June 2018
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Flight booking data provided by ForwardKeys has disclosed the top five European destinations among Chinese travellers for the months of July and August 2018. The UK has been revealed as the number one summer destination among the Chinese market, even though it suffered a 1.1% decline in year-on-year bookings. Second-placed France, however, witnessed a remarkable […]

COTRI accepted as an Affiliate Member of the UNWTO United Nations World Tourism Organization

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On 13th June 2018
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The past week has been eventful and enjoyable for COTRI, and not only because of the unprecedented continuation of warm summer weather at this time of the year in Northern Europe. Your humble editor has been elected to become a member of the Beijing-based WTCF World Tourism Cities Federation Expert Committee, but even more importantly, COTRI […]

Two upcoming Chinese outbound tourism workshops this June in the Netherlands

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On 12th June 2018
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This month will see Match With China – official COTRI Country Partner for the Netherlands – host two events focused on the Chinese outbound tourism market. Tuesday June 19th will see the “Bent u klaar voor de Chinese toerist?” workshop take place in Haarlem, with the event focusing on preparing participants for the Chinese outbound […]

Join us on Wednesday 20th and Thursday 21st June for the latest instalment of the COTRI – ForwardKeys premium webinar series

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On 6th June 2018

Building upon the two previous instalments broadcast in October 2017 and January 2018 COTRI China Outbound Tourism Research Institute and ForwardKeys’ joint webinar series will return on Wednesday 20th and Thursday 21st of January. Pooling the expertise of the two respective market leaders, the premium webinar will feature a core of professional analysis of key […]

Greece and Croatia as Europe’s increasingly popular coastal destinations among Chinese visitors

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On 6th June 2018
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While their arrival numbers to Europe continue to grow at pace (totalling over six million in 2017, according to Ctrip data), Chinese visitors are still not being drawn to beach holidays in the same manner as their European counterparts. With regional destinations such as Thailand and Vietnam offering international travellers from China the opportunity to take […]

20% discount on the newly-published ‘Food, Wine and China: A Tourism Perspective’

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On 1st June 2018

The newly-released ‘Food, Wine and China: A Tourism Perspective’ (eds. Christof Pforr and Ian Phau) is available to be purchased with a 20% discount when using the following flyer. Featuring the chapter ‘Chinese outbound tourists: food and beverages’, written by COTRI Director Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt, the book discusses the role that food and […]

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