Overtourism might occur as high-speed China-Laos Railway will boost visitor numbers dramatically

Posted by Helms
On 27th November 2019

More than 800,000 Chinese arrivals into Laos were registered in 2018, and for this year for the first time, more than one million Mainland Chinese might cross the border. To attract more Chinese tourists, the Lao government recently also reduced the tourist visa fee for Chinese nationals. The key project of the China-Laos Economic Corridor, […]

Chinese tourists shift their preferences for destinations in the third quarter of 2019

Posted by Helms
On 25th November 2019
COTRI Analytics, destinations, Q3 2019

According to COTRI Analytics, in Macau, the increase in Chinese arrivals went down to 10% YoY after more than 20% for each of the first two quarters of 2019, while Hong Kong suffered a decrease of 28% in arrivals this time.