Older Chinese tourists visit Russia for “red tourism”

Posted by Daniel Meesak
On 21st September 2015
china, communism, cotri, destination, outbound, russia, tourism

Designing your travel products in a way that attracts Chinese tourists is perhaps the most crucial challenge for people within the travel industry, and some formulas are more likely succeed than others. One example that has proven successful is the Russian government and local travel agencies joint initiative to promote “red tourism” in Russia, a […]

Prof. Arlt discusses the crises in China and Europe in ITB Academy Webinar

Posted by Daniel Meesak
On 18th September 2015
arlt, cotri, itb, itb academy, webinar

Will the turbulent stock market in China and the refugee crisis in Europe stop Chinese from travelling abroad? “No, at least not in the long term” was the clear answer of Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt, director of COTRI during a webinar organised by the ITB Academy. Entitled “The Second Wave of China’s Outbound Tourism: […]

COTRI featured in Business Destinations

Posted by Daniel Meesak
On 16th September 2015
business, china, cotri, destinations, outbound, tourism

COTRI was recently featured in Business Destinations, a luxury magazine for corporate travelers, on the topic of the rapid growth in Chinese outbound tourism and European and American tour operators’ attempts to meet the growing demand from Chinese travelers. In the article in Business Destinations, Thomas Cook’s attempt to capitalize on the growing Chinese outbound […]

Continued growth in Chinese outbound tourism: forecast

Posted by Daniel Meesak
On 14th September 2015
arlt, china, cotri, outbound, report, tourism

According to a report cited by China Daily, Chinese outbound tourism reached 109 million trips in 2014, an increase by 11% year over year to reach a share of 9.58% of international tourists. However, Chinese tourist spending grew even faster, with an increase of 28% compared to the same period in 2013, with Chinese tourist […]

COTRI Market Report featured on Skift

Posted by Daniel Meesak
On 11th September 2015
chinese, cotri, market, report, skift, tourism

Skift, the largest industry intelligence and marketing platform in travel, has published some materials from the latest issue of COTRI Market Report. Some of the material included is where Chinese tourists are mainly traveling, why they travel, what they spend money on when traveling, in what shops they prefer to buy products, and how they […]

Chinese tourists set for pouring into Cuba

Posted by Daniel Meesak
On 10th September 2015
china, chinese, cotri, cuba, destination, tourism

Pristine beaches, luxury resorts and golf courses may attract Chinese visitors into their socialist ally. But also, local leaders emerge in their imaginary: “For the Chinese, Cuba is a country of heroes, like Fidel Castro and Che Guevara,” affirms Elena Wang, director of China Sea International Travel Service, a travel agency that operates tours to […]

Professor Arlt interviewed by China Radio International

Posted by Daniel Meesak
On 3rd September 2015
arlt, china, cotri, interview, tourism

The director of COTRI, the China Outbound Tourism Research Institute, Professor Wolfgang Georg Arlt, was interviewed by China Radio International about the increasing number of Chinese elementary school children studying overseas and offered his insight on the topic. Professor Arlt described this trend as a part of the more general wave of outbound tourism from […]

China’s latest financial events and the outbound tourism market

Posted by Daniel Meesak
On 25th August 2015
arlt, cotri, finance, outbound, stocks, tourism

Economists are warning that the second largest economy shows signs of meltdown. The growth is slower, exports have decreased 8.3% in July from a year earlier in dollar value and there are doubts on domestic consumption, which might not be strong enough to compensate for the gap on foreign trade. China’s outbound tourism market is developing […]

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