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 […]

China Outbound Tourism 2018 – A year of growth and changes

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On 13th December 2018
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Dear readers, the year 2018 is coming to an end, time to take a look back on the major developments according to COTRI ANALYTICS data. The main story in terms of absolute arrival numbers this year has been the comeback of the Hong Kong and Macau SARs. After two weak years, both destinations saw a […]

Chinese tourists remain the top spenders, but retail has to add activities and emotions to the physical shopping experience

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On 5th December 2018
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The success of the “Singles’ Day” on Nov. 11th, 2018, when Alibaba, the biggest online shopping company, collected orders for more than 30 billion USD within 24 hours and their closest rival, JD, reported another 23 billion USD in sales showed the unwavering appetite of Chinese consumers for online shopping. Chinese shopping malls are suffering […]

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 […]

WTM London’s Asia Inspiration Zone launched among a wide range of China-related topics at its 2018 event

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On 14th November 2018
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The introduction of the specialised Asia Inspiration Zone firmly established discussions about Chinese outbound tourism as some of the key topics at this year’s WTM London fair. COTRI had the honour of hosting the first presentation in the new event area, inviting Ctrip Customized Travel CEO Kane Xu, Ctrip TTD Europe Director Charles Liu, co-founder […]

The Irish tourism industry turns its attention to China as it further diversifies its source markets

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On 7th November 2018
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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
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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 […]

Autumn 2018 issue of the COTRI Market Report examines latest trends and new developments in Chinese outbound tourism

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On 24th October 2018
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The Autumn 2018 edition of the COTRI Market Report, released October 23rd, 2018, comes amidst a year of ongoing healthy growth for the Chinese outbound tourism market. With the first half of the year having seen 80 million border crossings made around the world by Chinese passport holders, COTRI’s previously increased annual forecast for 2018 still […]

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