Travel

Chinese saw 150 million outbound person-trips in 2018, up 14.7% yoy

China altogether received 5. 68 billion person-trips in 2018, 5.539 million of which were domestic tips and 141.2 million were inbound trips. Outbound person-trips totaled

Rising outbound travelers from lower tier cities in China

Chinese outbound travelers grew by 20% year-on-year in population, faster than that of domestic travelers, according to the report from Alibaba’s Fliggy. On average, Chinese spending

Resorts World Sentosa enhances Chinese traveler experience with Alipay mini-program

Alipay and Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) have deepened their strategic partnership to enhance the travel experience of Chinese visitors with the launch of a new

China online travel agency (OTA) market shares in Q3 2018

The online travel market in China grew by 9.3% to US$39.25 billion in Q3 2018, driven by the summer vacation and the mid-autumn festival holiday. 68.6%

Sightseeing and vacations are top reasons of China’s domestic travels

China had invested US$150.6 billion in tourism and the related industries in 2017 with scenic sports being a major part. Natural scenic spots turned out

Chinese travelers to take 390 million person-trips outside China by 2030

For Chinese outbound travelers, group tours (44%) and free itinerary travel (42%) were still the two primary ways of traveling abroad. However, customized tours will

China outbound travelers expenditure insights 2018

Chinese high-end travelers contributed over 80% overall overseas expenditure though they represented just around 20% in the population. Post-90s and post-00s combined accounted for 32%

Chinese outbound tourism to see 160 million person-trips in 2018

43 million Chinese traveled overseas in Q3 2018 according to COTRI, an increase of 10% year-on-year. A slow decline compared with the growth of 17%

Chinese spent US$258 billion in outbound travel

60.47 million people traveled to China in 2017, which was decreased by 0.4% year-on-year in H1 2018. Residents in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan accounted

Philippines saw near million person-trips from China as of Sep in 2018

Chinese went for 972 thousand person-trips to the Philippines in the first 9 months of 2018, a high growth of 34.9% year-on-year, surpassing the total of

China golden week travel insights 2018; decline in flights & expenses

Chinese went on 726 million domestic person-trips and 7 million outbound trips in the Golden Week holiday of 2018 (1-7 Oct). They altogether spent 650

8 Types of Chinese outbound travelers

There are various types of Chinese outbound travelers and a recent McKinsey study categorizes them into eight groups according to the differences in travelers’ preferences