Tag: Chinese Tourists

Boracay Island of Philippines has still been favourite among Chinese and Korean tourists, despite the challenges posed by its closure and rehabilitation in recent months. As per the statistics of the Department of Tourism in Boracay, the two leading tourist market sources accounted for 80 per cent of 216,766 foreigners visiting the island for the first two months of 2019. Overall, the domestic tourism market drew 110,406 arrivals, 13,147 of whom were overseas Filipino workers. Total tourist arrivals for the first two months totalled 340,309 compared to 375,993 last year. The drop in tourist numbers was due to Boracay’s closure ... Read more

Preferences of Chinese tourists have been undergoing changes and more destinations are in their preferred lists, other than Paris and Eiffel Tower, said a tourism official from France. “Chinese tourists prefer to travel in smaller groups or alone. As per records around 48 per cent of Chinese tourists have been to Paris at least once during the past five years. Currently they prefer to visit lesser-known destinations and experiencing local culture as the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre no longer enough,” said Christophe Decloux, managing director of Paris Region Tourism Board. China is the third biggest tourist source country for ... Read more

According to the most recent data provided by national system eVisitor, a record number of tourists visited Croatia in 2018, the Croatian tourism ministry said on Wednesday, 2nd January 2019. A total of 19.7 million tourists travelled to Croatia last year, which is more than 6.5 per cent when compared to same period in 2017. Overnight stays also rose to 106 million, depicting an increase of 4 per cent from the previous year. Kristijan Stanicic, the director of the national tourism agency, said that investments in the tourism sector in Croatia exceeded 1 billion euros in 2018 and should be ... Read more

Despite some 4.6 million visitor arrivals, Singapore tourism sector recorded a drop in overall spending in the second quarter of the year by 1.7 per cent to USD 6.6 billion, compared with the same period last year. It was revealed by the quarterly report by Singapore Tourism Board (STB) The dip in tourism spending was attributed to lower spending in areas like shopping, 22 per cent less and food and beverage, 15 per cent less, and in sightseeing, entertainment and gaming, 2 per cent less. However, tourism spending grew for accommodation (6 per cent) and a miscellaneous category that includes ... Read more

Thailand’s cabinet approved a measure to waive for two months fees paid by visitors for visas on arrival, with an objective to boost tourism, which was hit by a drop in visitors from China, its biggest market. The fee of 2,000 baht (USD 60) will be waived between December 1 and January 31 for travellers from 21 countries, including China, Taiwan, India and Saudi Arabia, government spokesman Puttiphong Punnakan told the media. The scheme is expected to increase tourist numbers by at least 30 per cent during the period, he said. In September, overall tourist arrivals rose just 2.1 per ... Read more

Photo Courtesy: scmp.com The number of Chinese visitors to Australia has grown 13 per cent in a single year, latest data showed. A record high 1.3 million Chinese people visited Australia in the 12 months to June 2018 as per the latest International Visitor Survey (IVS), released by Tourism Research Australia (TRA) on Friday 2nd November 2018. During this period around 1.3 million tourists visited Australia, who spent 11.3 billion Australian dollars (8.1 billion U.S. dollars) in the country, which is 15 per cent more than that of the previous year. According to the IVS, Chinese visitors accounted for 81 ... Read more

Somkid Jatusripitak, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand said on Saturday, 27th October 2018 that new measures will be announced next month to lure tourists back to the country, especially those from China. Somkid said measures in the package would include a tax measure for jewellery purchases, a tourism package with free flights to second-tier tourist provinces and a waiver fee for visa-on-arrival. “The cabinet to approve a stimulus package in the second half of November. It would be effective until the end of December,” said Somkid. “The measures would involve the Tourism Authority of Thailand, the Finance Ministry and Thai ... Read more

The government of Malaysia is seeking possibilities to reduce the cost of visa for Chinese tourists in order to enhance the inbound tourists from China. “We will have to decide on a visa cost, which is not too high and ways on how to speed up the visa issuance process,” said Mahathir Bin Mohamad, Prime Minister of Malaysia. He was answering questions in the parliament. Mahathir acknowledged that there was a drop in the number of Chinese tourists visiting Malaysia recently. “Drop in Chinese tourists had not only affected Malaysia, but also other countries. During their national holidays between Oct ... Read more

Photo Courtesy: The National Dubai is strengthening its ties with China for boosting tourism. It was announced by Helal Saeed Almarri, Director General of Dubai Tourism, while talking in the Dubai China Conference, which is attended by more than 900 local dignitaries, stakeholders and Chinese partners. The tourism ministry is planning various activities to lure Chinese tourists to the country,  including city-wide Chinese New Year celebrations. Earlier this year, the Dubai Tourism authority has inked an agreement with one of China’s largest smartphone manufacturers, Huawei, to pre-load devices with both user-generated and official cinematographic content of Dubai. As per an ... Read more

Tour operators in the country should tap the full tourism potential of the country and also special focus was needed to bring in more Chinese tourists, said Union Tourism Minister for State (I/C), K J Alphons. The minister was addressing the gathering at the inauguration of 34th IATO annual convention held at Novotel Hotel in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The minister also suggested that IATO be renamed Indian Association of Tour Ambassadors. “Though we have taken special measures to attract Chinese tourists to the country, only 2.47 lakh Chinese tourists visited India in 2017. I request IATO to play a major role ... Read more

As per the report published by Hotels.com in association with Ipsos, a global market research and a consulting firm; India ranks among the top ten popular destinations for Chinese tourists in Asia. The report says around 2 laksh Chinese tourists visited India during 2017. Mumbai and Delhi are the most favourite destinations for Chinese travellers with 69 and 51 per cent Chinese tourist footfalls respectively. The report was formulated during May 2018 by conducting interviews with 3,047 Chinese residents, within the age group of 18-58 years, who had travelled abroad in the past 12 months. The main sources of inspiration ... Read more

Photo Courtesy: scmp.com Tourism Australia’s (TA) Business Events Australia Greater China Showcase 2018 will be held in Melbourne, Australia from 25 to 28 November 2018. The Event is designed to provide Australian industry with a platform on which to develop their relationships with incentive buyers from the China market, and to provide insights into market trends and customer behaviour. In 2018, the showcase will be held in Australia for the first time, providing incentive buyers from the China market with an opportunity to experience Australia’s offering first-hand. The 2018 showcase format will include face-to-face meetings with agents and corporate buyers. ... Read more

Ethiopia is striving to boost the capacity of its hospitality industry and welcome more foreign tourist, said an official from the tourism ministry. “My ministry has been working with public and private stakeholders to boost the country’s hospitality industry capacity and diversify the nationality of foreign tourists visiting the African country,” said Gezahegn Abate, Public and International Relations Director of the Ethiopia Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MoCIT). Around 934,000 tourists visited the country during the fiscal year 2018, that ended on July 7, with total earnings of USD 3.5 billion. As per the minister, their efforts to attract more ... Read more

Photo Courtesy: South China Morning Post Tourism experts expect a setback in the booming US tourism industry due to the escalating trade tensions between the United States and China. “There will be impacts on the tourism. The question is how long. We hope it’s temporary,” said Barry Lin, Vice General Manager of Destination Marketing Services at Chinese online travel agency, Tuniu to the media. “The tourism industry is monitoring the situation closely, as the National Day Golden Week, a national seven-day holiday starting on Oct. 1 in China, is getting closer,” said Lin. China is one of the major inbound ... Read more

European countries are experiencing a surge in inbound tourists from China during the first half of the year. The main reasons for this trend is said to be the changing tastes of Chinese tourists – from shopping to art and culture. Moreover, the cold reception from Trump’s America also considered a factor for Chinese tourists to opt for European countries. Recent surveys states, Chinese tourists are avoiding package tours to Europe to strike out on their own trips to unexplored locations, than the popular names in the tourism map. Bookings for the month of July and August in Europe are ... Read more