COTRI Director Prof. Dr. Arlt to appear on BBC World News on Thursday July 26

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On 25th July 2018
BBC, chinese outbound tourism, Chinese outbound travel, Chinese Tourism, news

COTRI Director Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt will be appearing live on BBC World News’ GMT television programme on Thursday July 26 at 13:45 CEST (12:45 British Summer Time). Appearing with presenter David Eades, he will discuss the role Chinese outbound tourism plays in China’s global influence and soft power footprint. Following the broadcast, any […]

Vietnam’s strong growth in Chinese arrivals don’t provide the full picture

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On 18th July 2018
chinese outbound tourism, Christopher Ledsham, COTRI Weekly, vietnam

With over 2.5 million Chinese arrivals in the first half of 2018 – accounting for 30% of all international arrivals – Vietnam experienced its most successful half-year period for Chinese outbound tourism to date. The total is 36.1% higher than 2017’s equivalent figure of 1.9 million and 214% larger than the 820,000 received in the […]

China’s post-cash travellers are driving the rest of the world forward

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On 4th July 2018
chinese outbound tourism, Christopher Ledsham, COTRI Weekly

Since the dawn of Chinese outbound leisure travel, a key issue for residents travelling internationally has been the topic of appropriate payment methods that fall in line with the country’s foreign exchange controls. In the past, travellers would be grateful to see signs for showing that Chinese UnionPay cards were accepted, limiting their reliance upon […]

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On 20th June 2018
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Two years ago, eight Chinese outbound tourists spent more than US$ 4,000 at Abu Ghosh, a famous restaurant in Jerusalem. The chief executive of the Israeli Incoming Tour Operators Association started a public debate by publishing a copy of the bill in an Israeli financial newspaper, accusing the owner of the restaurant of cheating his customers […]

COTRI Director Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt quoted by Germany’s Die Zeit

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On 14th May 2018
chinese outbound tourism, Chinese tourism trends, Chinese tourists to Germany, Die Zeit, red tourism

COTRI Director Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt has been cited numerous times in a German-language article posted on Zeit Online on May 12th, 2018. Entitled ‘Der Markt passt sich an’ (‘The market will adapt itself’), the piece examines the effects that the enormous growth in Chinese outbound travel since 2004 has had on the global […]

UNWTO releases its 2017 World’s Top Tourism Spenders Rankings

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On 3rd May 2018
chinese market, chinese outbound tourism, Chinese Tourism, COTRI Weekly

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has published its tourism expenditure statistics for 2017, reporting that: “[virtually] all source markets reported higher tourism spending in 2017, reflecting continued strong demand for international tourism across all world regions.” China is shown to have further established itself at the global leader in tourism spending last year with a […]

‘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
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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 […]

The CTW Awards will return at ITB China 2018

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On 21st February 2018
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The free application period for the fifteenth annual instalment of the CTW Chinese Tourist Welcome Awards opened last week, with submissions being accepted until Thursday April 12th. The event will be held for the second time at ITB China at Shanghai’s World Expo and Exhibition Center between Wednesday 16th and Friday 18thMay, 2018, having already been […]

GeLi Consult LLC’s China Ready Miami! event to take place on Monday February 26

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On 20th February 2018
china, chinese, chinese outbound tourism, Chinese Tourism, tourism

COTRI Country Partner for the United States GeLi Consult LLC will host a China Ready Miami! event from 6 to 8pm on Monday February 26 at BizNest Miami, FL. Full event information can be found at the following link. The event – which will be presented by both GeLi Consult LLC and Dragon Trail Interactive […]

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