Tunisia turning towards the Chinese outbound tourism market

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On 29th August 2018
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On yet another trip, your humble editor visited yet two more UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Tunis, which features the Medina (old city) and the ruins of Carthage, which ruled the Mediterranean Sea before losing to the Roman Empire in the three Punic Wars most of Western readers will dimly remember from history lessons in school. […]

COTRI’s appearance on BBC World Service now available to watch online

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On 27th July 2018
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COTRI Director Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt’s July 26, 2018 appearance on BBC World News’ GMT programme is now available to watch online. Filmed live, the segment sees Prof. Arlt discuss the role Chinese outbound tourism plays in China’s global influence and soft power footprint with presenter David Eades and Stratfor’s Evan Rees. The five-and-a-half […]

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On 29th June 2018
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Last week, I invited all COTRI Weekly readers to participate in the symposium on Chinese tourism organised by the Tourism Research Cluster (TRC) of Curtin University together with the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre in Perth, Western Australia and – not to forget – courtesy of the traditional owners of the land, the Whadjuk people of the Noongar […]

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On 20th June 2018
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Two years ago, eight Chinese outbound tourists spent more than US$ 4,000 at Abu Ghosh, a famous restaurant in Jerusalem. The chief executive of the Israeli Incoming Tour Operators Association started a public debate by publishing a copy of the bill in an Israeli financial newspaper, accusing the owner of the restaurant of cheating his customers […]

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On 19th June 2018
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COTRI Director Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt led a CTW Chinese Tourist Welcome training workshop in Riga, Lativa on Wednesday 13th June, 2018 with the LIAA Investment and Development Agency of Latvia. In attendance at the event – held at the LIAA headquarters – were a number of representatives from the Latvian tourism industry, as […]

COTRI accepted as an Affiliate Member of the UNWTO United Nations World Tourism Organization

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On 13th June 2018
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The past week has been eventful and enjoyable for COTRI, and not only because of the unprecedented continuation of warm summer weather at this time of the year in Northern Europe. Your humble editor has been elected to become a member of the Beijing-based WTCF World Tourism Cities Federation Expert Committee, but even more importantly, COTRI […]

COTRI Director Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt discusses overtourism on Germany’s ZDF

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On 22nd May 2018
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COTRI Director Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt made an appearance as part of a German-language documentary broadcast ‘Sommer, Sonne, Urlaubsglück’ (‘Summer, Sun, Vacation Happiness’), which was shown on Monday May, 21st on ZDF. As part of a wider piece on the topic of overtourism in various worldwide destinations, Prof. Arlt is interviewed in Hallstatt, Austria, […]

International Tourism Studies Association, London Office – Launch event live to be streamed live today

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On 9th February 2018
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To mark the launch of its London office, which will be responsible for supporting and promoting its work and its members outside of China, COTRI Partner International Tourism Studies Association will be hosting an opening ceremony at 17:00 GMT (18:00 CET, 12:00 EST). To mark the occasion, COTRI Director Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt will […]

IACTS, the International Association for China Tourism Studies, has announced Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt to be an official fellow of IACTS.

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On 21st August 2017
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IACTS, the International Association for China Tourism Studies, has announced Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt to be an official fellow of IACTS. The Membership Committee voted in favour of his inclusion, based on the recommendation of two existing fellows. Prof. Arlt is a sinologist and tourism professor with 40 years of practical and academic experience […]

COTRI Director Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt Interviewed on CNN Business Traveller

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On 14th July 2017
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COTRI Director Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt has been interviewed as part of CNN’s Business Traveller programme, presented by Richard Quest. Speaking on the topic of “making travel accessible for all” and the increasing growth in older travellers, Prof. Arlt discusses this trend within the context of Chinese outbound tourism. With the programme quoting leading […]

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