New Zealand received 313,000 Chinese visitors in the first six months of the year and it expects up to 350,000 arrivals by year end.
Japan received over 10 million foreign visitors in the first seven months this year, with the number of Chinese visitors nearly doubling to 2.17 million.
Chinese flying to the US from five Chinese cities – Xiamen, Fuzhou, Chengdu, Shenyang and Harbin – can enjoy visa-free transit at Toronto and Vancouver.
Korea’s tourism industry is emerging from the unexpected blow of MERS and anticipates a full recovery by August this year.
Wanda chairman Jianlin Wang has bared his ambition to dethrone Walt Disney Co. by achieving 200 million visits and becoming the “world’s largest tourism company”.
CTA predicts arrivals of 133 million for this year, up 4%, with total inbound tourism revenue of US$58.3 billion, up 2.8% in the second half of the year.
Songcheng Performing Arts has signed an agreement to invest RMB139 million for a 20% stake in smart attractions technology company Send Info.
French Minister Matthias Fekl said France hopes to attract 5 million Chinese visitors every year in the future, up from the current 2 million in the past 12 months.
