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.
Overseas island travel specialists Qulv announced it received US$20 million in its A Series financing round from Yuantai Investment Partners
Shanghai Disney expects 10 million admissions at its opening, 95% of from mainland China and over 70% of visitors from the Yangtze River Delta region.
A total of 526 million trips were made nationally in China over the National Day holidays and RMB421.3 billion was spent during the period, up 10.7% and 17.9%.
The Palace Museum at Beijing’s Forbidden City has done away with admission sales at the door and will now sell tickets only online.
China’s outbound travel market grew 36.6% y-o-y during the four-day National Day Holiday. Japan, Korea and Thailand the top three outbound destinations.
Wanda Group’s chairman Jianlin Wang has an ambitious plan to make tourism a key pillar of profitability for the group.
Following its recent introduction of e-visas for Chinese nationals, India is stepping up its efforts to provide convenient visa service for Chinese visitors.
