‘China’ and ‘overtourism’ both feature heavily among key industry topics at ITB Berlin 2018

Posted by Newsdesk
On 14th March 2018
china, chinese, chinese outbound tourism, ITB Berlin, outbound, Statistics, tourism, tourists

Last week saw the 2018 edition of the ITB Berlin trade fair take place between March 7th and 11th. Having been joined in more recent years by ITB Asia in Singapore and ITB China in Shanghai, it remains one of the key annual gatherings for industry actors from across the globe. Among the numerous events the […]

FITs drive Chinese outbound traveller growth in 2017: China Outbound Pulse

Posted by Newsdesk
On 15th November 2017
chinese outbound tourism, Chinese traveller, FITs, ForwardKeys, Statistics

Free independent travellers (FITs) have been revealed as being responsible for almost all growth in Chinese outbound tourist numbers in 2017, according to the recently launched China Outbound Travel Pulse series. The Chinese outbound travel market is currently composed of approximately 40% fully-FIT travellers, 40% modular “semi-FIT” travellers (who choose to book small parts of […]

Newly-Published Government Statistics Show Just How Important Chinese Outbound Tourism Has Become to New Zealand’s Economy

Posted by Christopher Ledsham
On 9th November 2016
arrivals, expenditure, new zealand, Statistics

A recent set of statistics published by the New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has revealed the extent to which Chinese outbound travellers are driving growth in the country’s tourism sector, an industry that has established itself as a key export in New Zealand. In the year ending September 2016, New Zealand […]

Chinese Outbound Tourism Growth Down to 3% in the First Half of 2016 – But There’s No Need to Panic

Posted by Newsdesk
On 23rd August 2016
Arrival Numbers, data, Forbes.com, Statistics

64 million border-crossings from Mainland China during the first half of 2016 have resulted in a growth rate of only 3.4% compared with the figure for the first half of 2015. However, the downturn is confined to Greater China (Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan), which saw 7% fewer visits from Mainland China in the January-June 2016 […]

30.2 Million Chinese Outbound Trips in the First Quarter of 2016: COTRI Publishes its Own Cross-Border Arrival Figures for the First Time

Posted by Newsdesk
On 24th May 2016
Arrival Numbers, china, CNTA, Statistics, tourism

“In 2015, more than 120 million person-time Chinese people travelled abroad” declared Li Keqiang, Premier of the People’s Republic of China, during his speech at the opening ceremony of the first World Conference on Tourism for Development on May 20th, 2016 in Beijing. This is the latest version of the number-guessing game which has seen […]

Europe is set for a Significant Rise in Chinese Tourists – Number of Arrivals from China will continue to grow in 2016

Posted by Newsdesk
On 13th April 2016
arrivals, chinese outbound, czech republic, europe, paris, Statistics, tourism

Over the past few years, Europe has represented a major draw for the rapidly growing number of Chinese outbound tourists. The largest visitor source market for many of the continent’s countries, Europe saw 12.5 million tourists arriving from China in 2015, according to the official statistics. The European Travel Commission (ETC) is forecasting a 7.4% […]