Australia announced it will start issuing tourist visas with 10-year validity to Chinese visitors on a trial basis at the end of 2016.
Sabre strengthens regional team in preparation of Abacus takeover and to highlight importance of North Asia and China markets
Plateno Group’s Portofino Hotels announced the launch of luxury seaside resort hotel projects in Boracay in the Philippines and the Maldives.
Chinese tourists scared off by MERS are cancelling Korean trips in favour of Thailand and Japan.
As Korea is still grappling with containing MERS, Chinese visitor arrivals to Incheon Airport have dwindled from 20,000 to 400 per day.
Arrivals by Chinese tourists to Greece increased 70% y-o-y to 100,000 in 2014 and it is estimated to increase 50% more y-o-y in 2015.
Countries around the world are setting up official accounts in Chinese SNS app Wechat and blog Weibo in an effort to attract Chinese tourism.
Italy has now become one of the top European destinations for Chinese tourists with 4 million arrivals expected this year.
