New and old

Posted by Newsdesk
On 2nd November 2017
china, communism, ITB Asia, New Era, Party Congress, singapore, Xi Jinping

Last week saw General Secretary Xi Jinping consolidating his power at the 19th Party Congress of the Communist Party of China. Frugality was a keyword, with no flower decorations, no gifts for delegates and transport via shuttle buses instead of limos. The proclaimed “New Era”, with China taking more centre stage than before, bodes well […]

Older Chinese tourists visit Russia for “red tourism”

Posted by Daniel Meesak
On 21st September 2015
china, communism, cotri, destination, outbound, russia, tourism

Designing your travel products in a way that attracts Chinese tourists is perhaps the most crucial challenge for people within the travel industry, and some formulas are more likely succeed than others. One example that has proven successful is the Russian government and local travel agencies joint initiative to promote “red tourism” in Russia, a […]