A tale of two cities

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On 8th August 2018
china, china tourism, Diaolou, Jiangmen, tourism, UNESCO

Last week your humble editor had a chance to visit an UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Diaolou towers in Jiangmen, situated between Guangzhou and Macau. These building were erected by Overseas Chinese who had been successful in their adopted countries and wanted to document both their wealth and their newly acquired tastes by building houses […]

COTRI’s appearance on BBC World Service now available to watch online

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On 27th July 2018
BBC News, china tourism, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt, Soft power

COTRI Director Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt’s July 26, 2018 appearance on BBC World News’ GMT programme is now available to watch online. Filmed live, the segment sees Prof. Arlt discuss the role Chinese outbound tourism plays in China’s global influence and soft power footprint with presenter David Eades and Stratfor’s Evan Rees. The five-and-a-half […]

COTRI publishes its 2018 forecast of total Chinese outbound tourist arrivals in the Autumn 2017 issue of the COTRI Market Report – Full 2018 outlook available

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On 1st December 2017
china outbound market, china tourism, Chinese Arrival Numbers, Chinese Tourism, Chinese tourism statistics, COTRI Market Report

The publication of the Autumn 2017 edition of the COTRI Market Report has seen the release of COTRI’s 2018 forecast for Chinese outbound tourist arrival numbers. Barring unforeseen “Black Swan” events, COTRI projects that 2018 will see 154 million border crossings made by Chinese nationals, representing a 6.3% year-on-year increase from 2017’s final forecast of […]