The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Strengthening Tourism Cooperation with China, signed yesterday between Prime Minister Julie Gillard and Premier Wen Jiabao, has been hailed by the Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC) as an opportunity to “increase yield and expand our product” into an export market which is now Australia’s largest.
“China has just moved into first place as Australia’s biggest export market in expenditure and the forecast is for this market to continue to grow rapidly through 2020,” ATEC chairman John King said.
“With a rapidly growing wealthy middle class, an …

With China emerging as one of the world’s largest outbound travel markets, hotels in Dubai are increasingly focusing their efforts on attracting tourists from this rapidly growing economy.
An increasing number of Chinese have been travelling overseas in recent years as the nation’s economy gains strength and its government relaxes rules on travel abroad. Figures from the China Tourism Authority show that total Chinese outbound departures are expected to reach 65 million in 2011, up 13% year-on-year.
Overall, China’s share of the global tourism market is expected to reach 8% by 2013, …

COTRI China Outbound Tourism Research Institute, the worldwide leading independent research institute related to the Chinese outbound tourism market, is proud to participate to this famous fair by organizing several events like the CTW Award and several panel discussions. Furthermore, the successful ‘Exhibitors Introduction Workshop’ by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt, COTRI Director, and Ms. Berenice Aceves, COTRI General Manager, drew lots of attentions. This is the reason why COTRI is pleased to make available the PPT used at this occasion.
1) China Outbound Tourism 2011: Arrival of the New Chinese …

SUVA, March 27 (Xinhua) — An estimated 18,000 Chinese nationals visited Fiji in 2010, according to the Tourism Fiji here Sunday.
This is an increase of more than 32 percent over the 2009 figure, Tourism Fiji Chief Executive Officer Josefa Tuamoto told state owned radio station Fiji Broadcasting Commission.
Tuamoto said that China is an emerging market and his agency looks to get even more visitors from China this year as they lobby Fiji as the best holiday destination in the world.
Tourism Fiji recently organized a workshop in Shenzhen, China for Chinese …

The full picture the effect of the March 11 earthquake will have on the Japanese tourism industry is slowly becoming clear with Chinese media reporting mass cancellations of trips planned by that country’s citizens.
The months of March and April are traditionally the most popular time for Chinese to visit Japan as they coincide with the popular sakura – or cherry blossom – season, according to the Beijing branch of the Japan National Tourism Organisation.
But companies such as Ctrip (http://english.ctrip.com/) – one of China’s major online tourism agencies – have cancelled …

Sie kommen in Gruppen, machen viele Fotos, kaufen unheimlich viel ein und verlassen nach durchschnittlich zwei Übernachtungen Deutschland schon wieder: chinesische Touristen. Vor 2001 als touristische Zielgruppe noch ignoriert, sind Chinesen inzwischen eine der wichtigsten überhaupt. Sie bereisen Afrika, Europa, Asien und die Karibik. Unternehmer und Regierungen reiben sich die Hände angesichts der zahlungskräftigen Oberschicht, die in typischen Urlaubsländern nicht zuletzt die finanziellen Löcher stopfen soll, die die Wirtschaftskrise bei europäischen und amerikanischen Quellmärkten gerissen hat.
Innerhalb Chinas wurde schon immer viel gereist. Eine Reise von 1.000 Li sei wie das Lesen …

BRISBANE, Australia, March 9 (Xinhua) — China has surpassed the United Kingdom (UK) as Australia’s most valuable tourism market, a survey released by the Australian Government Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism on Wednesday found.
Tourism Research Australia’s December 2010 quarterly results of the international visitor survey showed a 5 percent increase in international visitors in 2010, and a 4 percent rise in their spending.
Almost 5,441,000 people came to Australia in 2010 and they spent 18 billion AU dollars (18.13 billion U.S. dollars) on their trips, the report said.
In terms of …

On Feb. 24, 2011, the German National Tourist Board (GNTB) and Magic Cities Germany Association jointly held a tourism promotion in Xiamen, marking the first-ever tourism promotion in Fujian province brought by a national tourist board from a European Union country, reports Straits Metropolitan News.   GNTB used to focus on Guangzhou and Shenzhen in South China, and it moved its promotion to Xiamen for the booming tour industry in Fujian province, according to Ms. Yeung Wing Sze, GNTB’s representative to Hong Kong and South China (Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi and …

BEIJING – It used to be the Russians who splurged on tax-free shopping for authentic and luxury brands while traveling to European countries.
Since last summer, not only have Chinese tourists emerged as the top tax-free shoppers in Europe, their average spending for each transaction doubled that of the Russians.
“On average, Chinese tourists spent 107 percent more year-on-year on tax-refunded shopping abroad in 2010, reaching a 130 percent spike in September compared with the same month in 2009,” said Manelik Sfez, vice-president of global marketing at Switzerland-based Global Blue, a tax-refund …

ITB Berlin Convention 2011
March 9, 2011 – 16:00-16:45 h
Hall 7.1a, Auditorium New York 1
THE NEW CHINESE TOURIST – How to cater, reach, and connect to a new breed of sophisticated Chinese consumers
Moderator: Professor Wolfgang Georg Arlt – Director, China Outbound Tourism Research Institute (COTRI)
Presentation: Jens Thraenhart – President, Dragon Trail (Beijing, China)
Panel:
Declan Hurley – VP Marketing, Ritz Carlton Hotel Company
Angelos Vlachos – Greek National Tourist Organization (GNTO), former China Director & Tourism Policy Advisor
Raymond Chen Mingqiong – GM Berlin Office, Hainan Airlines
Jens Thraenhart – President, Dragon Trail (Beijing, China)
A structural …

China’s outbound tourism during the Spring Festival holiday enjoyed big increases, showing the consumption ability of Chinese travelers, industry professionals say, despite rising prices.
“It was very fresh and exciting to spend the traditional festival in Disneyland in the US,”said Zhao Jie, who works at the Beijing UTour International Travel Service Co.
Zhao and her husband were just back Thursday, after 10 days’ traveling in the US, with each spending 24,000 yuan ($3,640.00) on the whole trip. They were on a tour organized by travel agencies from Beijing and Guangzhou separately, all …

Prices may be up around the region but China’s growing band of happy holidaymakers have proven unperturbed over the Spring Festival period, heading overseas in record numbers.
And it’s a trend that is set to continue, according to the country’s official tourism bodies, as Chinese travelers become more adventurous on their breaks and, of course, have more money to spend.
China’s National Holiday Tourism Office this week claimed there had been a rise of 60 percent in outbound tourists from Beijing alone, even though travel agents had upped prices to such popular …

The number of the tourism destinations for Chinese citizens hit 140 in 2010, with the number of outbound tourists up by 20 percent year on year, said tourism authorities Tuesday.
The number of outbound Chinese tourists reached 57.4 million in 2010, up 20.4 percent year on year, said Shao Qiwei, head of the National Tourism Administration, at the National Tourism Working Conference.
China signed seven tourism exchange and cooperation agreements with six countries in 2010. Revenue generated by tourism in China hit 1.57 trillion yuan (238.5 billion U.S. dollars) in 2010, up …

China’s Hainan Airlines, has launched direct flights between two southern Chinese cities and Sydney, as tourism authorities predict that China is on its way to becoming Australia’s biggest inbound tourism market, SBS’ Cassandra Hill reports.
The expected boost comes as some Queensland tourism operators say they are counting on the Oprah effect to counter cancellations and poor bookings, following the state’s flood crisis.
Hainan Airlines and Sydney Airport executives say that there is a strong demand from the booming economic centres of Shenzen and Hangzhou.
“Since Hainan Airlines launched its first flight between …

PHNOM PENH, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)+3 (China, Japan and South Korea) tourism officials met here Sunday for promoting tourism cooperation.
“The meeting is to boost closer tourism cooperation for better tourism growth in ASEAN as well as in the three countries — China, Japan and South Korea,” Tith Chantha, director general of Cambodian Ministry of Tourism, told reporters after the meeting on Sunday.
He said that the three countries, especially China, have helped ASEAN a lot in developing tourism through human capacity building and promotions …

In addition to the significant roles contributed by China to the country’s development that is admired by Cambodian leaders, Cambodia is also seeing Chinese visitors as a potential boost to tourism.
Tith Chantha, director general of Cambodia’s Ministry of Tourism highlighted China as a future main source of the Kingdom’ s visitors.
“I am viewing and hoping that Chinese tourists will visit Cambodia just like the Mekong River that flows from China,” he said.
China is now recorded as the third largest source of foreign tourists to Cambodia, according to statistics of the …

Think about the population of China and India and the newly affluent middle class with money to spend. Imagine more favorable government policies and increased airline flight services. Then you can get a picture of the booming bilateral tourism of the two Asian giants.
“The tourism market between China and India is developing really fast and we find the growth potential to be huge,” said Zhuge Hong, general manager of Sanya Holiday Travel India Ltd.
The Hainan-based Chinese tourism agency recently opened its first sales office in New Delhi, aiming to take …

With the successful of organization of 2008 Beijing Olympic and the fading effects brought by World Cup 2010 South Africa, top international sport events affects our lives. The next bring spot of outbound tourism will be quickly apporching with the happening of the 2012 London Olympics.
 ”The Press conference of 2009-2012 Chinese Olympic Committee, ticketing and hospitality services provider category” (10th January) was held in the headquarter of Caesar Tourism. Caesar Tourism, together with Chinese Sports Industry Group Co., Ltd will jointly be the provider of Chinese Olympic Committee of China …

BEIJING – A record 56 million mainland tourists traveled overseas last year, Shao Qiwei, head of the China National Tourism Administration, said on Wednesday.
That number is 2 million more than an earlier estimate of 54 million, and is also an increase of 8.3 million over 2009.
In contrast, 55.7 million overseas tourists visited China and stayed for at least one night last year, up 9.5 percent year-on-year. In total, 134 million overseas visitors came to China, up 6 percent year-on-year, spending $45 billion in the country.
Meanwhile domestic tourists made 2.1 billion …

Chinese tourists to South Africa between January to October last year reached a total of 55,874, an increase of 65.5 percent in 2009. The growth was boosted by the soccer World Cup, according to South African Tourism.
2011 promotional activities to lure more Chinese tourists to the country include a reality TV show which is expected to invite a Chinese couple for a free two-week trip in January.
Source:  China Daily