CVS China Visitors Summit Europe 2019

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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 […]

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 […]

Recent high-profile incidents affecting Chinese outbound travellers have put the topic of management of destination image in the spotlight

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On 4th October 2018
china, incident, Sweden, Thailand, tourists

The Sunday August 30th edition of the South China Morning Post featured an article reporting the case of an airport security worker in Thailand being caught on video hitting a Chinese tourist, consequently drawing immediate apology for the action from the Thai government. In a message to the media given in the days following the […]

COTRI publishes Chinese outbound tourist arrival data for H1 2018

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On 22nd August 2018
china, chinese outbound tourism, Chinese Tourism, chinese tourism data, Chinese tourism statistics, Chinese travellers, cotri, COTRI Weekly, H1 2018, hong kong, tourism

Having provided its own statistics related to Chinese outbound border crossings since 2015, COTRI China Outbound Tourism Research Institute has released its final data for H1 2018. The first six months of 2018 saw 80 million worldwide border crossings made by Chinese passport holders, representing a year-on-year growth rate of 16.4%. This strong upturn is […]

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 […]

Proposed changes to Schengen Visa policy could prove to be a boon for Chinese travellers to Europe

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On 28th March 2018
china, Chinese tourists, Chinese travellers, ECTY, EU-China Tourism year, europe, European Commission, European Union, Schengen visa

Speaking in Brussels on March 14, European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos outlined the Commission’s new proposals surrounding visa policy in the Schengen Area. While the recommended changes to the Visa Code – which include measures to quicken the repatriation of unauthorised migrants and limit visas for countries refusing their return – […]

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On 21st March 2018
china, chinese, Chinese Tourism, cotri, tourism, tourist, tourists

Last week, the world of Chinese outbound tourism changed. Not only was Xi Jinping reappointed as president of China by all 2,970 members of the National People’s Congress (NPC), with no more limit on the number of terms he can serve, a major change also took place for tourism. On the 13th of March State Councillor […]

‘China’ and ‘overtourism’ both feature heavily among key industry topics at ITB Berlin 2018

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On 14th March 2018
china, chinese, chinese outbound tourism, ITB Berlin, outbound, Statistics, tourism, tourists

Last week saw the 2018 edition of the ITB Berlin trade fair take place between March 7th and 11th. Having been joined in more recent years by ITB Asia in Singapore and ITB China in Shanghai, it remains one of the key annual gatherings for industry actors from across the globe. Among the numerous events the […]

Chinese outbound tourism figures continuing to grow at a healthy rate

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On 7th March 2018
china, chinese, chinese outbound tourism, Chinese Tourism, Chinese tourists, cotri, destination, outbound, tourism, tourists

The China Tourism Academy (CTA), a department of the China National Tourism Administration (CNTA), and leading Chinese online travel agency Ctrip have released their ‘2017 China Outbound Tourism Travel Report’ covering their statistical outlook for the whole of last year. The report concluded that the annual total of outbound trips made by Chinese passport holders […]

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