Chinese tourists

Retail Asia26/02/2019

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Hong Kong, Tokyo, Seoul and Singapore were among the hottest shopping destinations for Chinese tourists last year, according to Ctrip. In the latest big-data report from the Chinese travel-services provider, Edinburgh, Singapore and San Francisco were also among the top 10. Last year, nearly 150 million overseas trips were made by Chinese tourists, who collectively […]

Retail Asia01/02/2019

Chinese visitor arrivals in South Korea rose 14.9 percent year-on-year in 2018 to 4,789,512, according to new Korea Tourism Organization figures. Chinese arrivals in December 2018 rose 25.2 percent year-on-year. The results confirm a sustained recovery in Chinese tourism from March 2018 as Korean-Chinese relationships improved in the wake of the THAAD anti-missile system dispute […]

Retail Asia24/01/2019

Retail shopping continues to be the largest expense for tourists from China, according to a survey from Nielsen and Alipay, accounting for almost a quarter of total spend. The 2018 trends of Chinese mobile payment in outbound tourism survey revealed that retail spending took up 24.6 per cent of Chinese tourists average spend, followed by […]

Retail Asia19/02/2018

A rising tide of travelers from China is spreading out across the region, out-shopping, outspending and out-eating every other nation. They are filling hotels, tour buses and cruise ships. They are overwhelming airports and train stations, and they are sending home petabytes of pictures that encourage their compatriots to join the global invasion. Their ranks […]

Retail Asia16/01/2017

The number of visits by Chinese tourists to Bali rose 41.28 percent to 907,028 in the first 11 months of 2016 from 642,000 in the same period in 2015. “Most of them flew directly to Bali via the Denpasar International Airport of Ngurah Rai with only 886 of the visits by sea as passengers of […]

Retail Asia09/11/2016

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Increasing numbers of Chinese tourists are travelling alone – and retailers in Asia seeking to cash in on their growing spawning power need to find ways to embrace the trend. Traditionally, Mainland Chinese tourists have travelled in groups – sold packages before they leave home and effectively herded into shopping destinations, often with commissions paid […]

Retail Asia22/01/2016

Mainland China has become one of the main global suppliers of tourists, and that has been paying dividends for retailers globally. But as the Chinese are roaming further afield, Hong Kong and Macau retails have seen their sales dropping. A fresh analysis from international market research company GFK shows China had 109 million outbound tourists […]

Retail Asia30/09/2015

South Korean location-based coupon application provider YAP Company has launched a new app that provides Chinese tourists with various tourism-related information, including shopping and transportation. The app, dubbed Kayo, provides a selection of coupons and other information for 100,000 local shops at popular tourist destinations, including Seoul’s major shopping district of Myeongdong or the southern […]

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