Articles by R

Chinese travelers are keen on using apps when planning and booking trips, and their willingness to embrace technology is much more widespread than in Europe or the United States. International travel deals site Travelzoo revealed

Money talks, and increasingly, more tourists from China have the money to spend on travel to far-flung destinations like Las Vegas. While it’s nice to see U.S. cities serving markets that have, historically, been underserved,

Anyone who thinks the wave of Chinese tourism now inundating the world will slow down any time soon needs to think again. I recently participated in a two-week sales mission to China on behalf of

China’s deficit in tourism is over 40 percent of China’s goods surplus (the other parts of services trade are in rough balance; China’s services deficit is for now all tourism); the tourism deficit is one

China’s National Tourist Bureau recently issued new public travel regulations that restrict or blacklist Chinese tourists from traveling if they behave ‘uncivilized’. At present, these 20 Chinese tourists are already blacklisted. China’s National Tourist Office has

The spending power of Chinese tourists in Japan is so impressive there’s a special word for it: bakugai, or explosive buying. While the soaring yen this year has threatened to curb their enthusiasm, the latest

In a recent post, I explained how China’s growing middle class is shaping global markets. Chinese tourism is a great example. It’s a large consumer trend that is ripe for Western investment. China is the

The 18.0 million outbound border crossings made from Mainland China to destinations beyond Greater China made in the three-month period from April to May 2016 represents a generous 12.5% year-on-year increase of 2015’s equivalent figure

Racism or bias against races was an interesting topic discussed in social media over the past week, after Thai media publicized stories on the problems posed by the decreasing number of Chinese tourists in Chiang

When you’re out on safari, you might think the biggest danger to you is all the wild animals, but apparently the real danger comes when you sit down to dinner. A Chinese tour guide brutally