Chinese outbound tourism in the context of shopping and New Silk Road events

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On 28th November 2018
China and Europe, china outbound tourism, chinese outbound tourism, cotri, COTRI Weekly, Ctrip report, Shopping Tourism, silk road, Summit Shopping Tourism & Economy Madrid

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 […]

The reemergence of Silk Roads across Asia in the 21st Century

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On 18th April 2018
Asia, COTRI Weekly, Kazakhstan, silk road

Eighty years ago, the term “Silk Road” was made popular by the Swedish geographer Sven Hedin in 1938 with his book “The Silk Road”, based on his work in what is called today Xinjiang (former Eastern Turkestan). He simplified the concept of “Silk Roads” (plural), which was invented in 1877 by the Prussian Scientist Ferdinand […]