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ChinaContact Weekly Newsletter, 28th April 2014

April 28, 2014 By

 
 
 
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28th April, 2014
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Sanya, in Hainan Province, was the chosen venue for the World Travel & Tourism Council’s 14th annual Global Summit that took place on the 24th and 25th of April.

This last WTTC Summit highlighted China’s new leading role in the global tourism economy: it is expected to become the biggest travel and tourism economy by 2023, overtaking the US, and Chinese tourists will become even greater market influencers when it comes to holidays and travel trends …

Read more in our Special Feature of the Week
Last Week’s Headlines 
in the Tourism Sector
Special Feature : WTTC Global Summit 2014
China poised to become greatest economy and leading tourism market

Nearly 1 in 10 international tourists worldwide is now Chinese. Chinese vice-premier Wang Yang told the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) Global Summit in Hainan: “In the next five years, Chinese outbound tourism will exceed 500 million trips.”

WTTC president and chief executive David Scowsill said: “It is widely accepted that China will overtake the US as the world’s biggest travel and tourism economy in the next 10 years and, indeed, as the biggest economy.

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David Scowsill: Why does China and the world need tourism? 

This year’s edition of the World Travel & Tourism Council’s (WTTC) Global Summit is well on its second day, but it was the speech of its president and chief executive, David Scowsill’s speech that is making the news.

For one very clear reason – he laid out the answer to the basic fundamental question as to why conference such as the 2014 Global Tourism Summit take place in the first place: Why does the

world need travel and tourism?
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China outbound Tourism:
Easier visas aim to attract more Chinese: visas are still the major hindrance to Chinese outbound tourism, the growth of which would be inestimable without the visa barriers…
WTTC 2014 Comment: China’s outbound tourism is just starting, says Arlt: Outbound travel is still first of all an investment – in prestige, in gaining knowledge, in social standing as well as self-esteem and sometimes also in getting an education or buying property…
Travel destinations for China Tourism :
New Zealand: this country tops China’s favorite travel hotspots: Chinese tourists are most satisfied with the picturesque landscape, air quality, green policies, hygiene conditions and city infrastructure…

Chinese tycoon bets tourists will venture here: Scandinavia and the Baltics believed to be soon added to Chinese tourists’ top holiday destinations list…

Kenya expects more tourists from China to boost industry:  The East African country has embarked on exhibitions and a publicity programme using various international media houses…
Air links top Varadkar’s agenda in China visit: Minister Leo Varadkar is leading negotiations in China aimed at developing new aviation links with Ireland...
Taiwan: 90 percent of Chinese tourists plan return trips: A majority of independent Chinese tourists plan to revisit the nation within a year, citing their love of the nation’s rich folk culture, natural scenery and food…
Online Travel and Social Media :
International tourism: China’s next multibillion-dollar ecommerce industry:  more people can afford to travel overseas, and the country as a whole is getting more accustomed to making travel purchases online…

Wechat offers France direct line to mobile-savvy Chinese tourists:  The French Embassy in China recently adopted the use of WeChat to build a 1:1 communication channel with its Chinese audience… 
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