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.
Tripzm has fully acquired leisure travel and lifestyle site Meizhouliu, and will change the latter’s name to i-Tripzm.
The number of China’s 5A rated scenic attractions has been growing at a slower pace in the last two years, at 6.29% and 8.06% respectively.
Merlin Entertainments Group will target education obsessed Chinese parents when it opens Shanghai Legoland Discovery Center in the Spring of 2016.
Chinese visitors have become a major force in the US tourism market, contributing per capita spending of more than US$6,000 each trip, 30% more than other international visitors.
