China Outbound Tourism Monthly Newsletter Summer 2014 Monday 8th of September Greetings ! The Travel Daily Conference (formerly Travel Distribution Summit China) has been growing quickly from year to year. This year, it was held at Sheshan resort outside Shanghai on 3-4 September, attended by 1,200 delegates. The big […]
Chinese ingenuity will not be stopped by another tourism law… is CNTA fighting a losing battle?
October 25, 2013 By Leave a Comment
On the 1st of October, China’s government began to implement the national tourism law which is intended to regulate the market for group travel, improve the quality of packaged tours and prevent unscrupulous travel operators from selling deeply discounted trips in the aims of making profits from shopping commissions and selling of optional excursions. The aim […]
What should the UK do to bolster Chinese spending on tourism and retail?
June 24, 2013 By
London’s retail industry is clearly bolstered by Chinese consumers. The United Kingdom has actually been struggling to catch up in attracting this consumer segment, as the European Union signed its Approved Destination Status (ADS) agreement with China two years earlier than the UK. In 2005, the UN WTO (World Tourism Organisation) predicted that Chinese outbound […]
Q&A with ChinaContact MD, Roy Graff: Why is the UK not enjoying the promised boom in Chinese inbound tourism?
June 13, 2013 By
Recent media channels, tourism and retail associations in the UK have been extremely vocal in their frustration that Britain should attract more Chinese tourists but is lagging behind other countries like France and US. The British government has made announcements that it will look to ease the visa application process for Chinese and raise investment […]
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