Australia is preparing to launch a 10-year multiple-entry tourism visa for Chinese nationals in an effort to attract an even more visitors.
Last year we had over 20% growth y-o-y in arrivals and we’re expecting that kind of compounded growth for the next three to five years.
Walt Disney’s CEO Robert Iger said China’s new “two-child policy” would be a boon to the tourism industry as more children going to its theme parks.
Switzerland Tourism said that Swiss hotels had clocked up a total of 1.060 million nights from Chinese tourists in the first eight months of this year, up 33.9% y-o-y.
The Malaysian government has decided to implement a visa-free policy for groups of two or more Chinese visitors to attract more Chinese tourists.
Softbank has set up an inbound tourism OTA that will be launched on Alitrip, Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba’s travel platform, on November 11.
TravelDaily China led a delegation of Ctrip, Alitrip, Yiqifei and JointWisdom to spak at the ITB Asia conference.
Great Britain’s efforts to attract more Chinese visitors paid off with visitor numbers between April and June this year up 33% y-o-y, according to official statistics.
