According to the China tourism industry statistics, total inbound foreign traffic has been around 131 million out of which Asian constitute the largest percentage: 16 million from Asia followed by 6 million from Europe and 6 million from Americas. Domestic traffic has increased to 1.6 billion passengers. Many airlines now have direct flights to China […]
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Accor, Europe’s biggest hotel operator, expects strong improvement in the performance of its hotels in the important China market next year after a difficult 2009. Michael Issenberg, Accor’s Asia-Pacific chairman, said the company expects revenue per available room or revpar, a widely watched industry metric, in China to drop by 20-30% this year, mostly as […]
Do not confuse with a Doubletree by Hilton Hotel. China already as those. This is a Doubletree by Hilton Resort and is the first Doubletree by Hilton Resort to open in Asia. The resort is in Jiangnan Province, between Mount Ling and Lake Taihu and in the heart of the Yangtze River Delta. It has […]
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Tourism offices swap
The Mainland and Taiwan are set to swap tourism offices by the end of the year in yet another sign of warming ties between the former rivals. Representatives from the Taiwan Strait Tourism Association and the Cross-Straits Tourism Exchange Association will meet in Hong Kong soon to finalize the matter. This follows previous negotiations between the […]
Making a decision at a government level and implementing at ground roots is something else again. The China National Tourism Administration (CNTA) recently disclosed that the China rural tourism development outline for the years 2009-2015 is currently being compiled. The outline proposes that the rural tourism industry achieves the goals of receiving over 800 million […]