Tourism

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

China domestic tourism saw over 2.8 billion person-trips in H1 2018

China’s domestic tourism saw 2.826 billion person-trips in the first half of 2018, an increase of 11.4% year-on-year. Among them, urban residents went on 1.997

Singapore Airlines partners with Alibaba to enhance the travelers experience

Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Alibaba Group this week announced a comprehensive strategic collaboration aimed at enhancing the customer experience for travelers. The collaboration encompasses several

China online travel market overview 2018; better performance seen on mobile

Total revenues of China’s online travel market reached 738.41 billion yuan (US$107.99 bn) in 2017, up by 25.1% over 2016. The high growth has started

Alipay partners with GTF to simplify tax refund for Chinese tourists

Alipay announced its partnership with Global Tax Free (“GTF”), a tax refund agency, to launch the world’s first paperless mobile tax refund function in South

China online travel market insights Q1 2018, led by Ctrip, Qunar, and Fliggy

The transactions of China’s online travel market reached US$32.94 billion in the first quarter of 2018. Ctrip and Qunar combined accounted over half of the whole

Self-driving tour trending in China

By the end of 2017, China had 310 million active motor vehicles, among which, 217 million were cars. Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Shanghai, Suzhou, Shenzhen, and

Parent-child tourism trending in China 2018

Traveling gradually becomes a lifestyle choice for Chinese. In particular, Chinese travelers from tier-1 cities like Beijing, Shanghai, and Nanking have a high demand for parent-child

Chinese tourism insights for Dragon Boat Festival and FIFA World Cup 2018

During this 3-day festival, China saw 89.1 million person-trips with a total tourism revenue of over US$5.5 billion, an increase of 7.3% YoY. As it

China’s business tourism market expected to exceed US$36 bn 2018

China’s business travel market recorded a total GMV of 192.8 billion yuan in 2017, up 19.5% over the previous year, which is estimated to exceed

Over 6 million Chinese traveled to Europe in 2017; insights on custom Europe tourism

Customized Europe travel accounted for 10% of overall customized outbound travel with orders growing 130% in 2017 compared with the previous year, according to the

Private customized tourism becoming increasingly popular in China

Private customized travel has become increasingly popular with Chinese in 2017 and it is no more a privilege just for the rich. Ctrip had over

China online travel market overview for Q4 2017

In Q4 2017, China online travel market saw a 12.3% year-on-year growth in transactions to 219.99 billion yuan (US$34.29 billion). Ctrip and Qunar jointly dominated

Chinese Tourists Paid 8 Million Person-trips in Thailand in 2015

Chinese tourists to Thailand to top 10 million in 2018

Tourism is a pillar of the Thai economy and contributes some 9% to its GDP. Thailand’s Ministry of Tourism and Sports expects around 38 million

China shared accommodation market to reach US$7.83 bn by 2020

China’s shared accommodation market generated a total transaction of 14.5 billion yuan (US$2.27 bn) in 2017, up 70.6% from a year earlier, according to State Information

China overtakes New Zealand as top tourist source of Australia

China has replaced New Zealand as Australia’s top source of overseas visitors for the first time in the fiscal year 2017-2018, according to Tourism Research

CIW eBooks

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