Travel and Tourism - China - February 2016
This report looks at the following areas:
How are the Chinese fuelling the global luxury market, including foreign travel?
What has motivated the Chinese government to extend the 72-hour ‘visa-free’ programme for international travellers?
Why has the slowing economy not put a damper on the building of new hotels?
How has the cruise industry in China become a force to be reckoned with?
- CHINA: KEY FACTS
- INTRODUCTION
- DATA SOURCES
- BACKGROUND
- HISTORY
- Recent government reforms
- GEOGRAPHY
- ATTRACTIONS
- KEY DESTINATIONS FOR FOREIGN TOURISTS
- Beijing
- Shanghai
- Lesser-known destinations
- 72-hour visa-free programme
- TOURISM AND THE ECONOMY
- WEALTHY CHINESE FUEL THE GLOBAL LUXURY MARKET
- INTERNATIONAL TOURISM REVENUES
- Figure 1: International tourism receipts in China, 2010-14
- TOURISM, EMPLOYMENT AND GDP
- Figure 2: Travel & tourism economy showing direct & indirect impact on employment & GDP, 2010 & 2015
- ARRIVALS
- INTERNATIONAL
- Figure 3: Top 10 destinations worldwide for tourism arrivals, 2011-14
- Figure 4: International tourism arrivals in China, 2010-14
- China also leads the pack in North East Asia
- Figure 5: International arrivals to North East Asia, showing % share of inbound market for each country, 2010-14
- Where do the tourists come from?
- Figure 6: Breakdown of inbound tourist arrivals to China, 2010-14
- DOMESTIC
- MARKET CHARACTERISTICS
- INTERNATIONAL
- Purpose of visit
- Seasonality
- Length of stay
- DOMESTIC
- Purpose of visit
- Seasonality/length of stay
- TRANSPORT
- AIR
- Beijing Capital International Airport
- Figure 7: Top 10 busiest airports in the world, 2014
- Figure 8: Passenger traffic at Beijing Capital International Airport, 2011-15
- Beijing’s new airport
- Other major gateways
- New routes in 2015/16
- Figure 9: New routes launched by Chinese airlines in 2015-16
- ROAD
- RAIL
- SEA
- ACCOMMODATION
- Figure 10: Graded hotels showing average room & occupancy rates, 2014
- OCCUPANCY RATES
- INTERNATIONAL AND LOCAL HOTEL BRANDS
- NEW OPENINGS
- Figure 11: Random sampling of hotels in China – new-builds between 2015-17
- TOURISM NEWS
- THE CHINA-US TOURISM YEAR
- SALES TAX REFUND PROGRAMME
- TRAVEL TRADE FAIRS
- WHAT NEXT?
- INDEX TO TRAVEL & TOURISM ANALYST
- Index grouped by geographic area
- INDEX TO TTI DESTINATION REPORTS
- Country reports
- SPECIAL REPORTS INDEX
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