China has ushered in an unprecedented wave of overseas travel that outbound tourists exceeded 100 million passengers last year. Chinese tourists to Japan in the year 2015 will exceed 5 million passengers, ranking first in the world.
China Outbound Travelers Shopping Overview 2015
About 53.6% of Chinese outbound tourists take shopping as primary objectives of free and easy trips in 2015, according to a research of Mafengwo and TouTiao. At least half of their travel budget will be spent on shopping.
Outbound Tourism Trend for Chinese New Year 2016
The number of Chinese outbound tourists reached 107 million person trips in 2014. More and more travelers tend to travel abroad during the holidays. The total number of China’s tourists is estimated to exceed 4.1 billion person trips in 2015.
China the Largest Inbound Tourism Market for Japan H1 2015
With the rising living status, more and more Chinese would like to spend their vacation in foreign countries. In 2014, over 100 million Chinese travelled abroad. Japan, South Korea, the United States and some European countries are popular tourism destinations. According to data from Japan National Tourism Organization, China became the largest country of Japan’s […]
Tmall Will Launch the Global Duty-free Shop Project in China
Tmall Global announced on July 28th that it would launch the duty-free shop project in China partnering with Shilla Group and King Power, who are the largest duty-free groups in South Korea and Thailand respectively. The strategic cooperation of the three parties is an innovative model of cross-border e-commerce, and the new shopping model could […]
Over 100 Million Chinese Travelled Abroad in 2014
Recently Hotels.cn released the fourth ” Survey on Chinese tourists traveling abroad in 2015″, which reveals that the sustained and steady growing China’s overseas travel market has brought enormous business opportunities to the global tourism and hotels. In 2014, the number of Chinese traveled abroad exceeded for the first time 107 million, with an increase […]
Chinese Spending Accounted for 40% of Total Foreigners’ in Japan in Q1 2015
The total spending of foreigners visiting Japan in Q1 2015 reached 706.6 billion yen, an increase of 64.4% YoY according to Japan’s “Chinese Herald”. Chinese travelers’ total spending accounted almost 40% of total.
China Outbound Travelers Spent Close to $500B Overseas in 2014
According to China Confidential, a research institute of Financial Times, the total expenditure of China outbound travelers reached RMB140 billion (US$498 billion) in 2014. In other words, today’s Chinese outbound tourists’ spending is more than the total household consumption expenditure in some countries, such as Indonesia ($436 billion) and Turkey ($442 billion).
China, the Largest Outbound Tourism Market in 3 Consecutive years
Since 2012, China had been the largest outbound tourism market in the world. In 2014, the total number of outbound travelers increased from 98 million to 109 million. And the China travelers’ consumption increased by 17% in former 3 quarters in 2014.
Chinese New Year Traveler Insights 2015
Traveling is popular among Chinese people nowadays. Especially, during Chinese New Year in 2015, Chinese travelers showed their strong consumption ability. It was estimated that China tourism market would accept 250 million trips with an increase of 11% from the same period of last year, worth RMB140 billion(US$22.68 billion) according to the latest research of China […]
Chinese Globe Shoppers: Almost 1/3 of All Tax Free Shopping Spend
Shoppers from China spent 18% more on Tax Free Shopping in 2014 compared to 2013 according to Global Blue.
Alipay Sells Public Transport Cards to Cross-border Travelers
Alipay starts offering the purchase of public transport cards via its mobile apps Alipay Wallet for cross-border travelers.
China to Be the Largest Inbound Tourism Market for U.S in 2018
More and more Chinese travelers tend to spend their vacation in foreign countries, and the U.S is one popular destination for them. In terms of the number of entries and consumption of Chinese travelers in the U.S, Brandusa estimates China is going to be the largest inbound tourism market for the U.S in 2018.
Top Travel Guide Mobile Apps in China in Sep 2014
The travel guide app helps travelers make their travel plan in destinations. The top 3 travel guide mobile apps in China were Tuniu travel guide, Mafengwo, and Qyer guide in September 2014.
China Online Travel Market Overview in Q3 2014
In Q3 2014, total transaction value of China online travel market exceeded RMB72.64 billion ($11.87 billion) with increase of 15.2% quarter on quarter and 20% year on year.