Chinese public holiday in May stages a surprising comeback

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On 10th April 2019
china outbound tourism, China outbound tourism research, chinese market, cotri, COTRI China, COTRI Weekly, golden week, Labour Day, tourism

Dear Readers, In the first decade of the 21st century, Chinese nationals enjoyed three “Golden Weeks” – semi-annual work-free national holidays lasting 7 to 8 days. These took place during Chinese New Year, in the first week of May on International Labour Day, and the first week of October to celebrate the anniversary of the […]

CTW Training Session in March 2019 – A trip to Tirana

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On 27th March 2019
china outbound tourism, Chinese Outbound Travellers, Chinese Tourism Welcome, COTRIWeekly, ctw, CTW Training, Tirana

Dear readers, I spent a few days in Tirana, the capital of Albania, last week. What pleasantly surprised me during this trip was the dynamic backdrop of the city as a whole, and the positive can-do attitude of the colleagues we joined for our CTW Chinese Tourism Welcome training session. One of the stories shared […]

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On 20th March 2019
china, China Business, china outbound tourism, china training day, China Visitors Summit 2019, chinese market, chinese outbound market, conference, COTRI China, Dresden

CVS China Visitors Summit is back in Europe! The Summer 2019 edition will take place in Dresden next month, the Winter 2019 edition is scheduled for Milan in November. The CVS is all about business-to-business. The core of the event is two days of face-to-face meetings between 140 travel suppliers and 140 Chinese travel buyers […]

China Outbound Tourism 2018 – A year of growth and changes

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On 13th December 2018
china outbound tourism, Chinese Outbound Travellers, COTRI Analytics, COTRI Market Report, COTRI statistics, COTRI Weekly, COTRIWeekly, Tourism statistics

Dear readers, the year 2018 is coming to an end, time to take a look back on the major developments according to COTRI ANALYTICS data. The main story in terms of absolute arrival numbers this year has been the comeback of the Hong Kong and Macau SARs. After two weak years, both destinations saw a […]

Chinese tourists remain the top spenders, but retail has to add activities and emotions to the physical shopping experience

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On 5th December 2018
china outbound, china outbound tourism, Chinese Travel Consumption Trends, COTRI Weekly, shopping outlets, Shopping Tourism, Singles' Day, tourism

The success of the “Singles’ Day” on Nov. 11th, 2018, when Alibaba, the biggest online shopping company, collected orders for more than 30 billion USD within 24 hours and their closest rival, JD, reported another 23 billion USD in sales showed the unwavering appetite of Chinese consumers for online shopping. Chinese shopping malls are suffering […]

Chinese outbound tourism in the context of shopping and New Silk Road events

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On 28th November 2018
China and Europe, china outbound tourism, chinese outbound tourism, cotri, COTRI Weekly, Ctrip report, Shopping Tourism, silk road, Summit Shopping Tourism & Economy Madrid

COTRI Director Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt delivered presentations at two industry events over the past week to offer insight into Chinese outbound market trends within different topical contexts. November 19th and 20th saw the hosting of the 4th Summit Shopping Tourism & Economy Madrid at which Prof. Arlt held a presentation on the topic of “Trends in Chinese customised […]

WTM London’s Asia Inspiration Zone launched among a wide range of China-related topics at its 2018 event

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On 14th November 2018
Asia Inspiration, china outbound tourism, Chinese Outbound Travellers, cotri, COTRI Weekly, Responsible Tourism and China, World Travel Market (WTM), WTM 2018

The introduction of the specialised Asia Inspiration Zone firmly established discussions about Chinese outbound tourism as some of the key topics at this year’s WTM London fair. COTRI had the honour of hosting the first presentation in the new event area, inviting Ctrip Customized Travel CEO Kane Xu, Ctrip TTD Europe Director Charles Liu, co-founder […]

The Irish tourism industry turns its attention to China as it further diversifies its source markets

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On 7th November 2018
2018 EU-China Tourism Year, china, china outbound, china outbound tourism, COTRI Weekly, EU-China, Irish tourism

The Irish tourism industry has identified attracting increasing numbers of high-net worth visitors from China as a key growth strategy for the future and 2018 has so far seen a wide range of proactive steps taken to prepare the market for welcoming higher numbers of guests. With British visitors accounting for 40% of all arrivals […]

COTRI’s insights into Chinese outbound travel included in the latest edition of the UNWTO / GTERC Asia Tourism Trends report

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On 2nd November 2018
2018 EU-China Tourism Year, china, China and Europe, china outbound tourism, chinese, Chinese Outbound Travellers, COTRI Weekly, global tourism economy forum

As an Affiliate Member of the UNWTO, COTRI has contributed data and analysis of Chinese outbound tourism to the European Union in the body’s 2018 edition of the UNWTO / GTERC Asia Tourism Trends report. The fifth issue in the series, the latest publication was presented in Macau at the Global Tourism Economic Forum (GTEF) on October […]

The role of cultural city tourism to be addressed at the EU-partnered GTEF 2018 in Macau

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On 17th October 2018
2018 EU-China Tourism Year, china outbound market, china outbound tourism, cotri, COTRI Weekly, EU-China, EU-partner, European Union, Global tourism, global tourism economy forum, macau, WTCF World Tourism Cities Federation

Dear Readers, Next week many of the main players in China’s outbound tourism business will meet at the GLOBAL TOURISM ECONOMY FORUM (GTEF) 2018 in the Special Administrative Region Macau. Since its inauguration in 2012, the GTEF has grown into a much anticipated annual gathering for world leaders, tourism ministers, international CEOs and leading industry […]

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