There’s been plenty of evidence presented to convince the world that China is fast rising towards becoming the most influential international tourism market there is but a new report gets a little more specific with the details.
Not only should the world be catering to the needs of the Chinese traveler, apparently, it should be catering to the needs of Chinese women in particular.
The “2010 Trend Report of Women’s Travel” claims the amount spent on travel by “well educated and well-paid” single Chinese women rose to 4,300 yuan (468 euros) last …

Canada has begun a major advertising campaign to woo China’s big-spending travellers as the number of outbound tourists from the world’s most populous nation looks set to explode.
China estimates outbound travellers will rise to 100 million over the next decade, with the potential to generate an extra $300 million in tourism revenue for Canada by 2015, according to The Canadian Tourism Commission.
Canada was granted Approved Destination Status (ADS) in June 2010. The designation meant that the CTC could market Canada in China and compete on an equal footing with other …

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 …

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

Passengers from China are welcomed by the commissioner of the Japan Tourism Agency and Hello Kitty at Narita airport. Soon, it will be easier than ever for Chinese travelers to say, ‘Hello Kitty!’

Chinese tourists who travel often to Japan will find the hassles of transit less stressful with the launch of a program to enable multiple-entry visas for individuals later this year.
The Japanese government plans to initiate the new system in summer. The offices of foreign minister Seiji Maehara and Japan Tourism Agency chief Hiroshi Mizohata are currently hammering …

The World Travel and Tourism Council says China’s tourism industry is to expand by 9 percent annually in the next ten years. That’d be the fastest growth rate in the world. With favorable policies, easier and easier visa application, appreciation of the national currency yuan, the world expects to see a huge growth of Chinese tourists.

Guests:
George Cao,
-Co-founder and CEO of Dragon Trail.
David Tang,
-Assistant President of Ivy Alliance Tourism Consulting Co. Ltd.
Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt,
-Director of China Outbound Tourism Research Institute.
China Outbound Tourism Trends 2010/2011- 01.mp3
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As the economic boom brings increasing wealth to Chinese people, foreign media have paid attention to international shopping sprees by Chinese tourists. In the US, for example, around a million Chinese tourists went shopping this year, spending over $7 billion on luxury cosmetics, handbags or electronics.
According to a report by China National Radio on Tuesday, Commerce Minister Chen Deming has recently pointed out that the government must deal urgently with the obstacles hindering the import of certain overseas products and thus bring this huge purchasing power back to China. He …

YABULI, CHINA — Take a fast-emerging middle class with money to spend. Add improving transport links. Mix in with fewer travel curbs and favorable official policies.
The result? A boom in domestic and outbound Chinese tourism. The same holds true for Asia as a whole.
“There is huge growth to come,” said Nicolas Berbigier, chief executive of Xanadu, a travel agency in Beijing.
“Chinese consumers are finding it a lot more interesting to travel. They’re finding it a lot easier. The yuan is expected to rise in value. Visa restrictions are diminishing every …

A record number of visitors from China helped boost the number of tourists to New Zealand by 3 per cent in November.
Last month 226,500 visitors came to New Zealand for a short period, Statistics New Zealand said yesterday. The numbers were up 6600 on the same month a year ago, but 3400 below the record for November in 2006.
A fall in the number of visitors from Britain and continental Europe was offset by more tourists from China (up 34.5 per cent to 14,875).
The Chinese market, boosted by growing trade with …

A patron wearing a Mickey Mouse hat walks in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle at Walt Disney Co’s Disneyland amusement park in Anaheim, California. The number of Chinese tourists to the US is set to pass the 1 million mark by the end of this year. (Photo: China Daily)
Thousands of Chinese tourists will spend the Christmas holiday period in the United States this year.
New York City, California, and Hawaii are among the more popular destinations as organizations such as United Airlines, Disneyland Park in California, the California Travel and Tourism …

The number of Chinese visitors travelling to Ho Chi Minh City by air has increase dramatically in the first eleven months of this year. The city’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said there has been an increase of 189%, as compared to last year.
The department said that China has become one of the top lists of foreign arrivals in the city for the very first time. Vietnam welcomes from between 70,000- 90,000 Chinese visitors each month.

Chinese tourits go on a sightseeing tour of Ho Chi Minh City. (Photo:Tuoi Tre)
After the …

China has started a new route between Auckland and Guangzhou, thus boosting the tourism ties between the two countries. China Southern Airlines is the first airline to take this initiative and will be running three flights via Melbourne each week carrying 88,000 extra seats every year than they are available as of now.
Simon Moutter, who is the chief executive at Auckland airport, believes that it will be giving a boost of extra $50 million. They are looking forward to tourism from China and other Asian countries as it will be …

Travel company manager Diao Shuang can barely speak a word of English.
Like most of China’s 1.3 billion residents, he knows little about faraway Canadian destinations.
But the affable young professional knows enough to recognize lucrative travel opportunities for people in China.
The majestic Rocky Mountains and Niagara Falls are potential gold mines for his CYTS travel agency.
Suddenly, millions of people in China’s growing middle class — with more financial clout than ever before — are coming to this country, now that Canada has been deemed an approved travel …

China and India are the key hospitality markets that by 2015 will have rapid tourism growth on year-on-year basis than the United Kingdom, France or Japan, reveals a new report.
According to Hospitality 2015: Game Changers or Spectators by Deloitte, middle classes of China and India along with the aging population of the US are two demographic trends that will create new patterns of travel and demand.
It says the middle classes of China and India will create new trends as their travel patterns evolve from domestic to regional to …

Taiwan’s tourism business is posed to gain over US$40 million in revenue next year as mainland Chinese tourists will be allowed to Taiwan for individual visits starting Jan. 1, a local realty agency forecast.
Taiwan’s Tourism Bureau will launch its individual visit scheme for business tourists from Beijing and Shanghai at the start of next year, allowing a maximum of 500 individual tourists to enter Taiwan daily on top of the current quota for visitors in tour groups. The annual increase of mainland tourists can be over 180,000.
Taking into consideration an …

Chinese holidaymakers are rescuing NSW from its tourism slump as the state attracts visitors previously held back by recession.
Tourism Research Australia (TRA) says Chinese tourists were the most common visitors to NSW, amounting to 15.4 per cent of total travellers, followed by people from the United Kingdom at 10.9 per cent.
The managing director of the Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC), Matthew Hingerty, says the figures show the need to capitalise on the Chinese market.
‘Not only do the Chinese want our coal and iron but our sun, our smiles, our sights, …

LONDON—Luxury goods have enjoyed a heady recovery in Europe from the dark days of 2009, and the good news looks set to continue into Christmas, with sales boosted by spending from Chinese tourists.
But retailers caution that if the euro climbs sharply, some of that retail strength could diminish.
Global sales in the luxury market—which includes such high-end goods as apparel, handbags, watches and cosmetics—declined 8% last year, according to consulting firm Bain & Co. Sales and earnings have surged since then, as have stock prices. The Dow Jones Luxury Index, which …

2.5 million
That’s how many Chinese tourists visited Western Europe this year, up from 2 million in 2009. With their buying power bolstered by about a 10 percent rise in the yuan against the euro this year, visitors are snapping up luxury goods that sell for less in Paris than in Shanghai. Mainland Chinese spent $23.4 billion last year on high-end handbags and suitcases, shoes, watches, jewelry, clothes, cosmetics and perfumes, according to Bain & Co., and more than half of that was purchased overseas.
Source: SFGate