Attractive Visa Policies and Cooler Weather Help Bring Chinese Tourists to Africa

Posted by Newsdesk
On 22nd August 2017
Addis Ababa, Africa, Air Leisure, Aswan, Changsha, Chengdu, ctrip, Egypt, Ethiopian Airlines, eVisas, kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Morocco, Tanzania, Tunisia, visa-free arrival policy, visa-on-arrival

Numerous African destinations are seeing a boom in Chinese tourists as relaxed visa policies and the desire to escape Chinese weather are helping to drive arrival numbers. Morocco has notably seen a 500 percent year-on-year increase in Chinese arrivals this summer, after the introduction of a visa-free arrival policy for Chinese nationals last year helped […]

COTRI Recognised by China National Tourism Administration as “World’s Leading” Authority on the Chinese Outbound Tourism Market

Posted by Newsdesk
On 10th May 2016
china, CTWTraining, kenya, Kenya Tourism Board, tourism

Writing on its official website, the China National Tourism Administration (CNTA) recognised COTRI as “the world’s leading independent research institute for training, quality assessment, research and consulting on the Chinese outbound tourism market” (CNTA) in an article reporting on a training day COTRI held in Nairobi, Kenya in collaboration with the Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) in March […]

Chinese outbound tourism to Kenya growing following direct flights

Posted by Daniel Meesak
On 20th October 2015
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Following China Southern Airlines’ launch of a tri-weekly direct flight to Kenya’s capital of Nairobi, Kenya Tourist Board (KTB) has seen increased interest from Chinese customers in visiting the African country, and an overall growth in inbound tourists from China. As a result, Kenya is preparing for further growth in inbound tourism, primarily from China, […]