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TripAdvisor has a new initiative to attract Chinese holiday shoppers in Thailand. Thailand has already been the most popular foreign destination for Chinese tourists, aside from Hong Kong and Macau. In 2016, 8.7 million Chinese

The Korea Tourism Organization announced on July 9 that 841,952 Chinese visited South Korea between March and May this year, when the Chinese government banned travel to South Korea. For reference, the number of Chinese

Britain is on course for a record-breaking year for inbound Chinese tourists and tourist spending. The weak pound in the wake of the ongoing political uncertainty in the UK will be bringing more visitors from

South Korea’s major duty-free shops have been operating in the black in recent months despite the number of Chinese tourists declining over the country’s plans to deploy an advanced US missile defense system, industry sources

A volatile stock market, downgraded credit rating, and plunging pound may be some of the economic woes plaguing the UK after the Brexit vote, but there is one thing that seems set to go up

Shoppers from mainland China contributed 35% of Hong Kong’s total retail sales in 2016, which is up from 15% 10 years ago. Visitors from mainland China now account for 75% of the tourist arrivals in

An investigative report by the United Kingdom’s Channel 4 revealed that Heathrow Airport’s 250 passenger ambassadors—service staff helping travelers at the airport—are actively trying to entice tourists to spend money at airport stores. Passenger ambassadors,

Masoud Soltanifar, Iran’s vice president and chairman of the Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization, said Iran expects to deepen tourism cooperation with China and that Iran will welcome more visitors and investors from China during

One of Australia’s government tourism agencies, Destination New South Wales (NSW), launched a new campaign Monday that will see Chinese tourists brought to rural communities in parts of the state. The move is part of

BUCHAREST — Romania values the Chinese tourism outbound source market and will participate in the ITB Shanghai International Tourism Fair, the Romanian Tourism Ministry said Friday in a statement. Romania will be present at the