“Where Are We Going?”: The Rise of Chinese Screen Tourism

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On 4th May 2016
china, idols, korea, show, south korea, travel, tv

As the numbers of Chinese people travelling overseas continues to increase rapidly, there is a growing hunger amongst increasingly-experienced and globally-aware tourists to seek out locations beyond the ‘photo-opportunity’ destinations that appear in guidebooks. [tweetable] Tapping into the growing wanderlust of China’s expanding consumer class, a wave of travel-related reality shows have begun to appear […]

Leisure and shopping are valued by the Chinese tourists while travelling abroad

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On 18th February 2016
china, Chinese New Year, shopping, tourism, travel

In the recent years, more Chinese tourists are travelling abroad during the Chinese New Year holidays. This new tradition is transforming the global tourism market, with more foreign destinations implementing further measures to attract these new customers. In the Chinese New Year holiday of 2016, some new tendencies of outbound tourism is rising in China, […]

UK lowers the cost of visa application for Chinese tourists

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On 8th January 2016
china, travel, uk, visa

In order to compete with other countries like France and Germany, Britain has decided to lower the visa application cost for Chinese tourists. According to the new visa protocol, the cost of applying for a two-year visa will be reduced from GBP 324 to GBP 85, which is almost a 75% decrease. With this new […]

New Forbes blog post: Chinese modular travellers

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On 7th December 2015
arlt, china, chinese modular travellers, cmt, forbes, tourism, travel, trend

Professor Wolfgang Georg Arlt of COTRI China Outbound Tourism Research Institute recently published an article about a new phenonemon called Chinese modular travelers on his Forbes blog. Modular travelers in China is a relatively new concept which is already altering the consumption patterns of Chinese tourists. Instead of following rigid tourist groups, more and more Chinese […]

China is now the number one source of tourists to Japan

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On 4th December 2015
china, japan, politics, shopping, top, tourism, travel

Although the political relationship between China and Japan is still tense due to territorial disputes, the number of Chinese tourists in Japan is still increasing rapidly. According to the Japan National Tourism Organization, China has replaced Korea to become the largest source of foreign tourists in Japan. There were about 4.3 million Chinese tourists Japan […]