Chinese public holiday in May stages a surprising comeback

Posted by Newsdesk
On 10th April 2019
china outbound tourism, China outbound tourism research, chinese market, cotri, COTRI China, COTRI Weekly, golden week, Labour Day, tourism

Dear Readers, In the first decade of the 21st century, Chinese nationals enjoyed three “Golden Weeks” – semi-annual work-free national holidays lasting 7 to 8 days. These took place during Chinese New Year, in the first week of May on International Labour Day, and the first week of October to celebrate the anniversary of the […]

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

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On 10th October 2018
china outbound, China outbound tourism research, chinese outbound tourism, Chinese outbound travel, cotri, COTRI Weekly, ctrip, golden week, Golden Week 2018, national day holiday

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 […]

Chinese tourists spent $830 million in Japan during Golden Week

Posted by Daniel Meesak
On 13th October 2015
chinese, golden week, growth, japan, tourists

According to China’s People Daily, [tweetable]around 400,000 Chinese tourists visited Japan during the Golden Week holiday[/tweetable] – and spent a whopping $830 million on shopping in the country. Some reports claim that many Japanese shops opted to limit the quantities that could be purchased of certain goods to limit the risk of running out. The […]

Chinese Golden Week tourism strong amid Yuan depreciation, turbulence in stock markets

Posted by Daniel Meesak
On 5th October 2015
china, currency, golden week, outbound, stock market, stocks, tourism, tourists, yuan

According to travellers and tourism operators, Chinese outbound tourism remains very strong during the Chinese golden week – a seven-day National Day holiday – despite the recent turbulence in the Chinese stock markets and the Yuan depreciation. Since this year’s golden week almost coincides with the Mid-Autumn festival, Chinese tourists who can take three additional […]

Hong Kong losing popularity as Golden Week holiday destination

Posted by Daniel Meesak
On 28th September 2015
chinese, golden week, hong kong, tourism, tourists

The number of mainland Chinese visitors to Hong Kong during this year’s Golden Week, the week with two coinciding Chinese holidays; the mid-autumn festival and the national day, is expected to be 15 percent lower than last year. The Hong Kong Inbound Tour Operators Association chairman Ricky Tse Kam-ting argues that one of the main […]