Netsunion reported a total number of 13.382 billion online payment transactions with a total value of 7.23 trillion yuan during the past eight-day Golden Week holiday in China from 1 October. The average daily transaction processed by Netsunion during this period increased by 47% over the same period last year. The transaction scale on China’s […]
Ctrip News & Stats
Ctrip.com, listed on Nasdaq: CTRP, is a leading travel service provider of accommodation reservation, transportation ticketing, packaged tours and corporate travel management in China.
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 transportation or spending the Chinese New Year by touring. The overall popularity of Chinese New Year tourism has increased greatly; and, the proportion of the post-90s generation who chose to […]
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, 2019. Trip.com Group operates a family of travel brands, which mainly consists of Trip.com, Ctrip, Skyscanner, and Qunar.
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 total saw the most number of OTA users (56.68 million) in June 2019, followed by tier-3 group and tier-1. Related Dossier: China Online Travel Lower-tier cities experienced faster growth in […]
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 are used to install one app only chose to compare information and prices on different apps during peak travel season. Market penetration of online travel platforms was 14.7% with 199 […]
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 by Qunar (11.3%) and Fliggy (4.3%). Market penetration of online travel was 30.2% in December, an increase of 10.6% year-on-year. Its average DAU was 21.899 million, showing a slight decline […]
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 Fliggy ranked third with a share of 17.53%. The transactions of online air ticket booking totaled 143.318 billion yuan (US$21.36 billion) in Q4 2018, an increase of 3.58% year-on-year and […]
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. Ctrip placed first with a share of 46.4%. Meituan Dianping (14.3%) overtook Qunar (12.5%) to be the first runner-up. The online accommodation booking market totaled 47.11 billion yuan (US$7.01bn) in […]
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% of transactions are generated from online transportation booking. Ctrip (37.6%), Qunar (19.78%), and Fliggy (16.46%) combined accounted for 73.84% of air ticket booking transactions. Ctrip led online accommodation with a share […]
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% of total outbound travelers. Tier-2 cities showed stronger growth momentum in population and per capita spending than tier-1 cities. Chinese went on 130 million person-trips to overseas with a total […]
China online vacation bounced back in Q2 2018; Tuniu & Ctrip took the lead
The revenues of China’s online vacation market totaled roughly 26 billion yuan (US$3.82 bn) in Q2 2018, increases of 19.3% year-on-year or 11.3% quarter-on-quarter. Three holidays in this quarter, namely, Tomb-sweeping Day, Labor’s Day, and Dragon Boat Festival put this market back on track, which altogether received 337.1 million person-trips, up by 8.6% from Q1 […]
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 to slow down since 2014 and is estimated to be 12.2% by the end of 2020. On the other hand, the penetration rate of online travel is 13.3%, increased by […]
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 market, followed by Alibaba affiliated Fliggy. Online transportation remains the major part of the online tourism market, compared with accommodation and vacations. The total transactions of China’s online travel market reached […]
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 coincides with the World Cup 2018, tourists from Guangdong, Hebei, Fujian, Beijing, Guizhou, and Shanghai spend the most during the World Cup. Dragon Boat Festival A total of 89.1 million person-trips […]
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 one million customized orders and saw a 200% increase in revenues in 2017. There were 1658 users from different places chose the private customized travel with destinations covering 141 countries. […]