China has become the biggest visitor source market for the UK visitor visas issued to Chinese visitors exceeded those issued to Indian and US nationals.
Ctrip has seen visitor number to Japan doubling and has became the first Chinese OTA to get a tour operator license in Japan.
Visitor arrivals to Hong Kong fell for the fifth month with a 2.7% y-o-y drop in October to 5.0735 million, according tothe Hong Kong Tourism Board.
Chinese visitor spending Korea has recovered from the a low point during the MERS scare and is showing strong growth once again.
Chinese property developer giant Wanda Group is reportedly in talks to acquire a 75% stake Marina d’Or Resort in Spain’s Castellon province for €1.2bn.
China was the largest source of visitors for Japan in the first 10 months of this year, arrivals at 4.28 million during that period nearly tripled that of last year.
Korean President Park Geun-hye said her government is considering offering a new series of favorable policies, including visa-free policy for Chinese visitors to Korea.
Wanda Group is looking to develop a theme park on a 45-hectare plot in Australia’s Gold Coast for billions of AUD to rival the major theme parks in the area.
