May Day Holiday Sees Chinese Tourists Flock to South Korea and Japan at the Expense of Hong Kong and Taiwan

  • Posted by Christopher Ledsham
  • On 11th May 2016
  • currency, holiday, hong kong, japan, korea, may day, shopping, south korea, taiwan, trend
This year’s May Day Holiday, which took place between April 30th and May 2nd, saw Chinese tourists travelling to Japan and South Korea in record numbers following a number of conscious efforts to attract Chinese shoppers. However, long-favoured consumer hubs Hong Kong and Taiwan suffered drops in numbers of Chinese tourist arrivals as the more […]
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“Where Are We Going?”: The Rise of Chinese Screen Tourism

  • Posted by Newsdesk
  • On 4th May 2016
  • china, idols, korea, show, south korea, travel, tv
As the numbers of Chinese people travelling overseas continues to increase rapidly, there is a growing hunger amongst increasingly-experienced and globally-aware tourists to seek out locations beyond the ‘photo-opportunity’ destinations that appear in guidebooks. [tweetable] Tapping into the growing wanderlust of China’s expanding consumer class, a wave of travel-related reality shows have begun to appear […]
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