“The 4.5% growth in inbound number last year was a major highlight for Shanghai,” a tourism industry observer said.
Concerns about the Chinese economy, environment and education is contuing to fuel demand for Chinese immigration.
China has overtaken Germany as the top visitor source market to Russia with 1.1 million arrivals last year as recorded by the Border Service of Russia.
Growing visitor numbers will put pressure on services and US providers with the most resources will be in a position to win the Chinese tourism market.
By 2019 the number of Chinese tourists will total 174 million spending US$264 billion, up 60% from 2014.
Yueyang Dujia has raised a Series A capital investment worth multi-million US dollars from iStart.
Shanghai Disney Resort is to set its pricing, and industry observers speculate that admission prices will range between RMB300 to RMB400 traffic.
China Three Gorges Corp and Hubei Yichang municipal government will develop the three gorges area and Yichang City dam as an international tourist destination.
