A post from the Director: Xenia in 2019

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On 10th January 2019
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Taken from Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt’s LinkedIn blog. In the old times in Greece, Xenia or hospitality was held in such high esteem that not only Hestia, goddess of the hearth, but Zeus himself was responsible to take care of it. As some of you may recall, it was in Eumeneia in Phyrgia (in […]

Prof. Arlt to appear at the ACE of M.I.C.E Exhibition in Istanbul on February 20th, 2019

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On 10th January 2019
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COTRI Director Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt will appear at the first day of the ACE of M.I.C.E Exhibition, which will be held on Wednesday February 20th, 2019 at the Istanbul Congress Center (ICC). Speaking at Corner B, Prof. Arlt will present the topic of ‘How to develop marketing strategies to win Chinese FITs?’ at […]

Global mayors and tourism experts to come together for the inaugural Twin Cities World Tourism Association workshop

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On 9th January 2019
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In 2019, China will continue to be the biggest tourism source market in the world, both in terms of number of trips as well as in money spent. However, the majority of travellers from China are still concentrated on major destination cities, resulting in overtourism in some places and a lack of visitors in many […]

TWCTA Twin Cities Workshop Zürich, Switzerland. Friday 18th January, 2019.

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On 8th January 2019
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Following its foundation in 2018 the Twin Cities World Tourism Association (TCWTA) will be holding its first workshop in its home city of Zürich, Switzerland on Friday 18th January. Held at the city’s Volkshaus event space from 9:30 am, the Friday workshop will cover the four core topics of: ‘Why are town and city partnerships […]

180 million Chinese Outbound Trips in 2019

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On 19th December 2018
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Dear readers, Welcome to the last edition of COTRI Weekly in the year 2018. Last week we looked back at the year 2018, in this edition we will give a forecast for 2019 based on COTRI ANALYTICS data. Almost half of all border crossings from Mainland China are ending already in Hong Kong and Macau […]

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

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On 28th November 2018
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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 […]

Ctrip data reveals insights into Chinese outbound travel during the 2018 National Day Holiday Golden Week

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On 10th October 2018
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According to data recently published by Ctrip [Chinese], the recent national holiday period (Oct. 1 – Oct. 7) saw Thailand emerge as the most popular Golden Week outbound destination for Chinese travellers. In spite of the negative press that the south-east Asian country has received in recent months following a fatal boating disaster in Phuket and […]

COTRI Chief Communication Officer Christopher Ledsham discusses marketing strategy on the China Daily website

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On 31st August 2018
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COTRI Chief Communication Officer Christopher Ledsham has been quoted in an article in the China Daily regarding Ireland strategy on mass media marketing for Chinese tourists. Entitled ‘Chinese tourists flooding into Ireland’, the article explores Tourism Ireland using mass media as their marketing tool and how it affects Chinese tourists coming to Ireland. As Christopher […]

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On 30th August 2018
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Join COTRI China Outbound Tourism Research institute and ForwardKeys for the upcoming China outbound expert session on Wednesday, September 26th. The online presentation will feature a core professional analysis of key topical themes in the area of Chinese outbound tourism covered by industry experts from both COTRI and ForwardKeys. The upcoming instalment will cover the […]

COTRI publishes Chinese outbound tourist arrival data for H1 2018

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On 22nd August 2018
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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 […]

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