China, world’s biggest source of outbound travellers, 130 m record tourists visited abroad

Thursday, March 8, 2018

China’s outbound travelers spent $115.29 billion last year, the report released by
China Tourism Academy (CTA) and the online travel service Ctrip in a report revealed that China’s outbound travellers spent $115.29 billion last year.

China’s outbound tourists have a higher demand on the quality of tourism products as per the report with a major number of preferring and customised trips looking for foreign experience.

 
The Chinese tourists preferred living conditions and services rather than shopping and sightseeing with the outbound travel now gauging the happiness of Chinese families and the young generation.

 
The top-10 favourite destinations of Chinese tourists was Thailand, Japan, Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, the US, the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Maldives.

Global tourism destinations have introduced a series of measures to lure Chinese visitors .
Indonesia has plans of developing 10 new islands similar to Bali and it is expected that countries in Southeast Asia will be investing $100 billion in airports, railways, hotels and theme park construction to accommodate more Chinese travelers.

Chinese-speaking tour guides and shop assistants in major tourists’ sites and shopping malls in Japan has optimized Chinese language services. Infact, the country has also expanded the access of mobile payment used by Chinese visitors.

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