New Visa Policies to Draw Increasing Numbers of Chinese Tourists to Vietnam

  • Posted by Christopher Ledsham
  • On 27th October 2016
  • china, Chinese Tourism, destinations, outbound, spending, Traveling, vietnam, visa
Relaxed visa policies to be introduced at the beginning of next year should mean that Vietnam will see a boost in numbers of Chinese tourist arrivals in 2017. The new rules will allow groups of tourists from China to stay in border region Mong Cai for up to three days without a visa. However, these […]
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Forbes.com Editor’s Pick: COTRI Director Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Arlt Discusses Hummus Restaurant Incident in “No, Chinese Tourists Weren’t Ripped Off in Israel”.

  • Posted by Christopher Ledsham
  • On 15th September 2016
  • Forbes.com, high-end travellers, Israel, spending
COTRI Director Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt added his voice to the discussion surrounding the well-publicised news story involving a group of Chinese diners charged over USD 4,000 in an Israeli restaurant in July in his blog post entitled: “No, Chinese Tourists Weren’t Ripped Off in Israel”. The article was once again selected as an […]
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High-Spending Chinese Travellers Boost Queensland Tourism Sector

  • Posted by Christopher Ledsham
  • On 3rd June 2016
  • australia, ChAFTA, direct flights, Queensland, spending
Having been the largest source of tourism spending in Queensland for the past few years, [tweetable]China has now overtaken New Zealand as the Australian state’s largest source market for international tourist arrivals[/tweetable], reflecting a similar pattern across the country as a whole. In the year to March 2016, Queensland saw 442,000 Chinese arrivals, which represented […]
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Number of Chinese tourists in Britain increased by almost 40%

  • Posted by Newsdesk
  • On 2nd February 2016
  • Britain, china, increase, spending, tourism, visa
In the first nine months of 2015, the number of Chinese tourists in Britain increased by 37%, and their average spending increased by 4% than in 2014, which turned out be a slowdown. This lumbering increase in the spending of Chinese tourists is a challenge for luxury retailers like Burberry, which heavily rely on their […]
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Chinese tourists remain as the biggest spenders on foreign travel

  • Posted by Newsdesk
  • On 12th January 2016
  • 2015, china, spending, tourists
Although the development of Chinese economy has been slowing down, one segment of its economy is still steadily growing: the Chinese outbound tourism. International travelling of China distinguishes itself from that of other countries with the willingness of Chinese tourists to spend more money abroad. According to the United Nations World Tourism Organization, Chinese tourists […]
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China seeks visa-free policy with Russia

  • Posted by Daniel Meesak
  • On 19th November 2015
  • china, policy, russia, spending, visa
China has expressed its willingness to make tourism a way of bolstering its ties with Russia, and it is now encouraging Russia to ease visa restrictions to make it easier for Chinese tourists to visit the neighbouring country to the north. There has already been some progress, resulting in growing Chinese tourism to Russia, as […]
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Chinese customers now account for 31 % of global luxury shopping

  • Posted by Daniel Meesak
  • On 16th November 2015
  • china, europe, growth, hong kong, luxury, macau, shopping, spending, tax free, trend
According to Bain & Company’s 2015 Worldwide Luxury Report, Chinese customers represent the largest group of customers for luxury products, holding a 31 % share of luxury shopping globally, followed by the United States (24 %), and Europeans (18 %). Despite that, Bain & Company reports that Asia performed historically poorly in the luxury market, […]
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Recap: 7 reasons why the Chinese will boost the global tourism industry

  • Posted by Newsdesk
  • On 26th October 2015
  • boost, chinese, investments, shopping, spending, tourists, visa
China has become the largest source of travel in the world, with traveller numbers up 20% to 109 million in 2014. However, the prospects of the outbound Chinese tourism industry have been put into question as the overall economic performance of China in 2014 and the first half of 2015 was characterised by a slowing […]
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#1: 7 reasons why the Chinese will boost the global tourism industry

  • Posted by Newsdesk
  • On 16th October 2015
  • chinese, cotri, luxury, shopping, spending, tourism, tourists
China has become the largest source of travel in the world, with traveller numbers up 20% to 109 million in 2014. However, the prospects of the outbound Chinese tourism industry have been put into question as the overall economic performance of China in 2014 and the first half of 2015 was characterised by a slowing […]
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#2: 7 reasons why the Chinese will boost the global tourism industry

  • Posted by Newsdesk
  • On 14th October 2015
  • china, chinese, spending, tourism, tourist
China has become the largest source of travel in the world, with traveller numbers up 20% to 109 million in 2014. However, the prospects of the outbound Chinese tourism industry have been put into question as the overall economic performance of China in 2014 and the first half of 2015 was characterised by a slowing […]
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