Chinese tourists spent $830 million in Japan during Golden Week

  • Posted by Daniel Meesak
  • On 13th October 2015
  • chinese, golden week, growth, japan, tourists
According to China’s People Daily, [tweetable]around 400,000 Chinese tourists visited Japan during the Golden Week holiday[/tweetable] – and spent a whopping $830 million on shopping in the country. Some reports claim that many Japanese shops opted to limit the quantities that could be purchased of certain goods to limit the risk of running out. The […]
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#3: 7 reasons why the Chinese will boost the global tourism industry

  • Posted by Newsdesk
  • On 9th October 2015
  • boost, cash, chinese, 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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#4: 7 reasons why the Chinese will boost the global tourism industry

  • Posted by Daniel Meesak
  • On 7th October 2015
  • boost, china, chinese, regulation, tourism, 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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Chinese Golden Week tourism strong amid Yuan depreciation, turbulence in stock markets

  • Posted by Daniel Meesak
  • On 5th October 2015
  • china, currency, golden week, outbound, stock market, stocks, tourism, tourists, yuan
According to travellers and tourism operators, Chinese outbound tourism remains very strong during the Chinese golden week – a seven-day National Day holiday – despite the recent turbulence in the Chinese stock markets and the Yuan depreciation. Since this year’s golden week almost coincides with the Mid-Autumn festival, Chinese tourists who can take three additional […]
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#6: 7 reasons why the Chinese will boost the global tourism industry

  • Posted by Newsdesk
  • On 30th September 2015
  • boost, chinese, cotri, 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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#7: 7 reasons why the Chinese will boost the global tourism industry

  • Posted by Newsdesk
  • On 29th September 2015
  • boost, chinese, cotri, 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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Hong Kong losing popularity as Golden Week holiday destination

  • Posted by Daniel Meesak
  • On 28th September 2015
  • chinese, golden week, hong kong, tourism, tourists
The number of mainland Chinese visitors to Hong Kong during this year’s Golden Week, the week with two coinciding Chinese holidays; the mid-autumn festival and the national day, is expected to be 15 percent lower than last year. The Hong Kong Inbound Tour Operators Association chairman Ricky Tse Kam-ting argues that one of the main […]
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