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 […]
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.
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 hotel booking in Q2 2018, led by Meituan and Ctrip
China’s online hotel booking market had 91.09 million monthly active users (MAU) in Q2 2018, an increase of 20.1% quarter-on-quarter, setting a record high since 2016. There are around 20 million newly added users, 70% of them came from tier-3 cities and below. Of the total, over 50% of them were from tier-3 cities and below. […]
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. […]
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 this market with a combined share of 53.3%. Alibaba’s affiliated Fliggy ranked third with a share of 14.1%. In terms of subdivision market, online transportation took the largest share of […]
China online accommodation market Q2 2017
China online accommodation market totaled 39.38 billion yuan (US$5.97 billion) with an increase of 27.1% YoY according to data from Analysis.
China online tourism market analysis 2017
During 2016, the online tourism market in China maintained steady growth over the year prior, growing much more quickly than GDP growth while increasing its overall penetration into the tourism industry as a whole. Overall, online booking of hotels and plane tickets maintained leading positions within online tourism sales, and individual travel bookings dominated the […]