Looking back at last week’s ITB Berlin 2019

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On 13th March 2019
chinese outbound tourism, Chinese Tourism, chinese tourism data, Chinese tourism statistics, Chinese travellers, COTRI China, COTRI Weekly, ITB Berlin, WTCF World Tourism Cities Federation

Dear readers, The biggest show on earth is behind us. ITB Berlin 2019 welcomed 113,500 trade visitors, 3% more than in 2018 – and we had the chance to communicate with many of them. The WTCF panel discussion “How to Market Your Destination’s products and services to Chinese Outbound Tourists” was well visited to and […]

Beyond arrivals totals: Insights into Chinese outbound patterns to South Korea in H1 2018

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On 26th September 2018
china outbound tourism, Chinese Tourism, chinese tourism data, chinese tourist arrivals, COTRI statistics, COTRI Weekly, south korea

Following the better-than-anticipated total of 80 million Chinese tourist arrivals seen around the world in H1 2018 – a year-on-year increase of 16.4% – COTRI raised its annual forecast for the whole of 2018 from an initial 154 million to 160 million Chinese border crossings. Should this total be achieved, it would represent a growth rate of […]

Main Tourism Economy Data report for the first half of 2018: Press release from Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People’s Republic of China

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On 28th August 2018
chinese tourism data, Chinese tourist statistics, Ministry of Culture and Tourism

Translated from the following ministerial press release by COTRI China Outbound Tourism Research Institute. For COTRI data regarding Chinese outbound tourism in H1 2018, please see the following link. In the first half of 2018, travel demand among Chinese people has been strong, with more attention paid on the combination of travelling with culture, […]

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 […]

COTRI Director Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt quoted in the UK’s Daily Telegraph

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On 13th April 2018
chinese tourism data, Chinese tourist statistics, Daily Telegraph, media, Overtourism

COTRI Director Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt has been cited directly in an article in the Daily Telegraph, which rests largely upon COTRI statistics. Entitled ‘The unstoppable rise of the Chinese traveller – where are they going and what does it mean for overtourism?’, the article explores the continued growth of Chinese outbound travel in […]

The luxury consumption patterns of high net worth Chinese outbound travellers

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On 5th April 2018
Chinese luxury consumers, Chinese luxury shopping, chinese tourism data, Chinese tourism statistics, COTRI Weekly, i2i Group, wechat

Before the Chinese grew to become the world’s largest group of outbound tourists by annual number of border crossings, they were already leading those of other nationalities by overseas expenditure. Driven by their particular shopping habits and patterns, the impact of Chinese international travellers’ spending has had a profound impact on the global luxury goods […]

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On 8th January 2018
China data, China flight data, China statistics, chinese tourism data, Chinese tourist statistics, Chinese travel data, ForwardKeys

Following its successful launch in October 2017, COTRI China Outbound Tourism Research Institute and ForwardKeys’ joint webinar series will return on Wednesday 24th and Friday 26th of January. Pooling the expertise of the two respective market leaders, the premium webinar will feature a core of professional analysis of key topical themes led by COTRI and […]