Chinese travelers made 2.6 million trips to the United States in 2015, around 18% more than 2014, according to data released by the U.S. Department of Commerce.
In its first month of operation in June, Shanghai Disney Resort received 27,000 daily visitors and rang in RMB 15 million daily revenue.
Mainland Chinese tourists made 3.0766 million trips to Japan from January to June this year, up by 41.2% YoY.
Fosun has splurged nearly RMB 11 billion on building Atlantis Sanya, a high-end resort featuring 807 apartments and 197 villas which will appeal to global investors.
HNA PV Tourism plans to roll out five projects in three years to build holiday resorts near first-tier and second-tier Asian cities, to tap the booming short-haul market.
Chongqing is actively wooing the Walt Disney Company, which has been considering building parks in central or western China even before work on the Shanghai park began.
Visitors spent an average of RMB 2,219 at Shanghai Disney Resort, and the Resort would generate RMB 33 billion annual revenue, if annual admission reaches 15 million.
China’s inbound and outbound visitor volume grew 9.8% YoY to 127 million in the first half of 2016, and inbound tourist arrivals were 65.1 million, up by 4.5% YoY.
