Tourism

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

Ctrip and Qunar saw 1.69 million overlapping users during holiday

Monthly unique devices of online travel platforms dropped to 199 million last December, which reached as high as 216 million last October. Most users who

Top travel mobile apps in China in 2018

Online penetration in tourism reached 30.2% in December, a slight increase from 27% a year ago. Ctrip ranked top with a penetration of 15.8%, followed

Outbound Chinese tourists mobile payment usage 2019; average spend US$6,706

On average an outbound Chinese tourist plans to spend US$6,706 traveling overseas in 2019, up 15% from 2018. Product quality became the second most important

Average overseas spending per user on Alipay increased by nearly 11% over the Labour Day holiday

Alipay shared a study on the spending habits of Chinese visitors on the payment app over the Labour Day holiday (1–3 May) this year. The

China’s US$21bn air ticket booking market in Q4 2018, led by Ctrip, Qunar, Fliggy

Air tickets online booking reached US$21.36 billion in Q4 2018, an increase of 3.58% year-on-year. Ctrip-affiliated agencies accounted for over 57% of total transactions. Alibaba’s

China online accommodation market in Q4 2018; top 3 accounted 73%

China’s online accommodation booking market grew by 18.5% to US$7.01 bn in Q4 2018. The top 3 players combined accounted for 73.2% of the total.

China family travel market insights 2019

In China, the young parents represented by post-90s are growing to be an influencing force of parent-child trips. This market stimulates the consumption of maternal

Chinese travel bookings to the EU for the first four months of 2019 grew by 16.7%

Chinese tourists to the European Union (EU) grew slightly by 5.1% year-on-year for the whole year of 2018, greatly promoted by the EU-China Tourism Year, according

Chinese travelers’s consumption patterns are changing

Simply pigeonholing people into presumed lifestyle and pursuits by their age and geography can no longer work the same as in the past few years.

Post-60s and post-70s the main driving force in China’s outbound tourism consumption

Singapore emerged the 3rd largest market in Southeast Asia for Chinese tourists spending over Chinese New Year, with an increase of 34% in average spending

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

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