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China pursues budget travel in faraway lands

Sally White takes a closer look at the moves of China’s budget travel brands abroad First it was China’s major corporates – from all industries – that scooped up high-end global travel brands and assets.

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Thailand Wants Rich Chinese Tourists, Not Budget Groups

Thailand is nursing a slide in Chinese holidaymakers after cracking down on low-budget tours from the world’s most-populous country, muddying the Southeast Asian nation’s economic growth outlook. Arrivals fell 16 percent in December from a

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Why are Japanese so condescending to Chinese tourists?

Days after brawls involving up to 100 Chinese tourists broke out at an airport in Hokkaido, Japanese outrage is dissipating – and turning into condescension. The fighting that broke out between the passengers and Japanese

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Chinese travelers changing international tourism market

After more than a decade of rapid growth, the Chinese outbound travel market is seeing more Chinese travelers who are independent, sophisticated and eager to seek out new experiences, industry experts say. Previously, many inexperienced

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Tourism market sees change

BEIJING: After more than a decade of rapid growth, the Chinese outbound travel market is seeing more Chinese travelers who are independent, sophisticated and eager to seek out new experiences, industry experts say. Previously, many

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Europe sets its sights on Chinese tourists

With China now the world’s richest country by GDP and with an increasingly affluent middle class, often willing to spend high sums of money purchasing luxury goods abroad, destinations around the world are battling fiercely