Published on : Thursday, December 5, 2019
Chinese visitors are important for keeping Greece’s tourism growing in the future, said Greece’s Tourism Minister Haris Theocharis. China is a strategic partner for Greece in many areas, but tourism is considered by Athens as a dynamic market, the …
Published on : Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Hotels in Phuket have been compelled to cut down its prices with rooms left empty and beaches sparse as the chiefs of the tourism fight with a drop in Chinese visitors caused by the US trade war and a stronger …
Published on : Thursday, October 3, 2019
This week, Thailand is all prepared to witness a rise in visitors from China during the “Golden Week” holidays because of simplifying visa rules and after 2018’s boat accident tension moves away, industry executives said. After a recent bounce …
Published on : Wednesday, September 11, 2019
On Monday, the tourism marketing arm of the South African government, the South African Tourism, introduced a cultural and tourism cooperation initiative to draw 10,000 tourists from east Zhejiang Province of China in the next five years. The scheme …
Published on : Saturday, August 24, 2019
After years of double-digit growth, the number of Chinese visitors to the US and their spending are shrinking, impacting the USD 1.6 trillion travel industry. The inflection point was 2017, coinciding with President Trump’s taking over power and the …
Published on : Friday, April 5, 2019
Since 2016, the ongoing political and economic crisis in Turkey has caused tourist numbers to plummet, especially those driven by western travelers. According to a new market report from Horwath HTL, the decline was largely reflected in a decrease of …
Published on : Friday, March 29, 2019
Japan is experiencing a boom in tourists from China. As per official figures, visitors from China increased four-fold over a five-year period, from 1.4 million in 2012 to 7.4 million in 2017, overtaking South Korea as the top source of …
Published on : Friday, March 8, 2019
Australia will expend $5 million advertising to young Chinese urbanites to win over and tell them that regional Australia is not risky and they should come in spite of the lack of free WiFi. China is the biggest source …
Published on : Wednesday, February 6, 2019
South Africa is eager to have greater number of Chinese visitors and is determined to make their travel process seamless and more enjoyable, a South African official has said. South African Minister of Tourism Derek Hanekom stated that in …
Published on : Saturday, December 22, 2018
The Tourism Authority of Thailand along with representatives from the tourism-related public and private sectors hosted a special welcoming ceremony to the 10 millionth visitor from China, Ms. He WeiXin, who arrived in the kingdom today on board Thai Airways …
Published on : Thursday, November 1, 2018
A record influx of visitors from China and the USA have helped to once again smash Brisbane’s tourism records. Lord Mayor Graham Quirk said preliminary results from Tourism Australia’s International Visitor Survey revealed that visitors from Brisbane’s top five international …
Published on : Monday, October 29, 2018
Vietnam welcomed roughly 4.2 million Chinese visitors in the first 10 months of this year, or 32.6 percent of the total international arrivals, posting a year-on-year rise of 28.8 percent, the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism stated. Meanwhile, …
Published on : Thursday, October 11, 2018
For Chinese tourists, Australia ranked 14th in a key list of well-known destinations at the biggest travelling week of the year, tripping two spots on the same time a year back but developing in the last six months. Chinese …
Published on : Friday, October 5, 2018
Chinese tourist arrivals in Thailand are plummeting, pulling down visitor growth in general in the Southeast Asian nations and dimming the purview for an economy that depends heavily on vacationer spending. In August, travelers from China glide 12 percent, …
Published on : Friday, September 21, 2018
The EU-China Year of Tourism is coming to close. However, that does not mean that the European Union is done with high-profile promotional initiations. The latest campaign associated with the EU-China Year of Tourism is the World Heritage Journeys. The …
Published on : Friday, September 14, 2018
Alipay, the world’s leading mobile payment and lifestyle platform operated by Ant Financial Services Group, has announced the conclusion of the first “cashless” trip made by Chinese visitors to Singapore, together with the Singapore Tourism Board (STB). Prominent Singaporean businesses …
Published on : Wednesday, August 29, 2018
China maintained its eminent position in the world tourism market with outbound tourists spending $258 billion (S$352 billion) in last year, accounting for one-fifth of the total spending on tourism in the world, according to a world tourism report. …
Published on : Wednesday, August 1, 2018
From millennials to young seniors, residents of Mainland China now have more disposable income than ever before, and they’re using some of it to explore their country and the world. According to Chris Yoshii, the vice president and global …
Published on : Wednesday, July 25, 2018
When business delegates from Nova Scotia traveled to China to talk up the lobsters, coastline, and exports of the province, they knew, of course, to bring gorgeous photographs back home. However they were not prepared for which images would enthrall …
Published on : Tuesday, July 3, 2018
The initial four months of this year, Cambodia greeted almost 647,000 Chinese visitors, a growth of more than 79 percent, as per the Cambodian Tourism Minister. Chinese tourists continue to be at the top spot in the list of …