Tourism

Find out statistics, trends, and insights of China tourism and Chinese travelers.

Tourism transactions on WeChat grew by 43% during Dragon Boat Festival holiday

WeChat Pay transactions for the tourism industry increased by 43% year-on-year during the recent 3-day Dragon Boat Festival holiday, and the payment amount increased by

Sales of admission tickets for amusement parks rose by 437% on JD 618

Data from JD Travel shows that sales of scenic area tickets on the first two days of 618 increased by 298%.

China online travel market down 55.8% in Q1 2020

The estimated transactions of China’s online travel market in the first quarter of 2020 were 186.2 billion yuan, down 55.8% quarter on quarter. Affected by

China tourism income down 60% during Labor Day holiday 2020

During the five-day Labor Day holiday starting on 1 May, China saw 115 million person-trips from its domestic tourists and realized 47.56 billion yuan (US$6.7

90 million Chinese to travel on upcoming holiday; airfares down 30%

Labor’s Day holiday is one week away as China welcomes its first major holiday since the COVID-19 outbreak. Once a golden week lasting 7 days,

China OTA Tongcheng eLong MAU exceeded 205 million in 2019

The average MAUs of China’s OTA Tongcheng-eLong (HKG: 0780) increased by 18.5% year-to-year from 173.7 million in Q4 2018 to 205.9 million in Q4 2019

China among Airbnb’s top countries with most female landlords

Airbnb released a report last week on Airbnb China’s women community. According to the report, as of February 10, 2020, 53% of active Chinese landlords

Mobile payment trends in China outbound tourism

The gap between residents of second-tier and third-tier cities and those from first-tier cities is rapidly narrowing in terms of per capita outbound destinations, travel

China domestic tourism grew 11.7% in 2019, but to lose 1.18 trillion yuan in 2020

The year 2019 registered 6.01 billion domestic tourists person-trips in China, up by 8.4 percent over that of the previous year. The revenue from domestic

Chinese New Year tourism trends 2020

Other than returning to the hometown to reunite with the family, more and more Chinese people now choose the reverse route of Chinese New Year

Trip.com (Ctrip) int’l hotel business grows by 50% in Q3 2019

China’s leading OTA Ctrip officially changed its corporate name to “Trip.com Group Limited” on October 25, 2019, and its ticker to “TCOM” on November 5,

China outbound tourism insights 2019

Close to one third (29%) of China outbound travelers are post-80s; They spent an average of 5,566 yuan on travel booking. Online travel websites and

China online travel booking users reached 146 million in Jun 2019

The total number of online travel agency (OTA) users in China reached 145.6 million in June 2019, according to data from Fastdata. Tier-2 cities in

Are you a foreigner visiting China? You can now use Alipay

Alipay has just introduced a version of its popular app designed specifically for international travelers to enjoy the ease of paying with their smartphones while

Characteristics of China outbound travelers in 4 segments

Four segments of China’s outbound travelers are worth noting: high-income group, the backpackers, generation Z, and female outbound travelers. High-income Group: Experience Focused This segment

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eBook: Small Town Youth, New Growth Engine in China

The average monthly disposable income of new small-town youths from China’s lower-tier cities is 3,730 yuan, compared with 5,401 yuan of young people in China’s

eBook: China E-Commerce Factories

E-commerce factory is the collaboration of the manufacturing industry and the internet. Under the circumstances of retail sector being depressed while the traffic of e-commerce