In 2017, around 18000 Chinese travelers visited Tunisia, up 150%, after the country offered visa free visits to China in February in that year.

Some 31000 Chinese travelers visited Peru in 2017, up 22% over the year before.

Since 2001, Hong Kong has working visa arrangements with 12 countries which include Australis, New Zealand, Germany, UK, Japan, Canada, S Korea, France, Ireland, Austria, Hungary, Sweden and Netherlands (effective 2018). So far, over 85000 Hong Kong youths have taken part.

UAE offered China visa free entry since December 2016. In 2017, Chinese travelers visiting Dubai rose 41% to over 764,000, and China thus became Dubai's 5th largest source market.

Chinese news agency reported a total of 1102 marathons were held in 31 locations in China in 2017, and some 270,000 runners completed the full marathon.

Media reported number of skiing ground including indoor in China in 2017 increased by 57 to 703.

It is estimated that China now has around 2100 theme parks, of which some 300 had investment of or over RMB50 million. In 2016, China had 3 theme parks among the World’s top ten, and 13 of Asia’s top 20 theme parks by visitor traffic.

From Hong Kong government, total spending of Hongkongers in the first quarter this year outside the city rose by 13.6%.

Media reported plan for expanding a new theme park to be built in Beijing, which Universal Studio is a partner. The new completion date will be 2021 and the park will draw 10 million of visitors in the first year of operation.

According to research firm, Mintel, in 2017 China’s theme parks generated revenue totaling over US$6 billion, up 27%, and will continue rising to US$14 billion by 2022.

In 2017, around 600,000 Chinese visited Spain and they spent there EURO800 million on shops, restaurants and museums etc., big increase comparing to amount of EURO112 million in 2012.

Further reported that of those Chinese making e-payment, overseas women accounted for 65% while those born in the Nineties outnumber those born in the Eighties.

A Chinese operator released its report of overseas e-payments made during the May Day Holiday, which found the top ten destinations, by total amount of e-payments, are respectively Hong Kong, Macau, Japan, Thailand, USA, South Korea, Australia, Taiwan, Malaysia and Singapore.

Among those intended to take holiday in May, 18.1% will travel for over 7 days, 48.4% for 4 to 7 days, 29.3% for 2 to 3 days, and 2.5% making one day trip, according to Directive above.

During the May Day Holiday, 36.6% of citizens may travel and 27.62% may travel abroad, according to directive published by the Ministry of Culture & Tourism of China.

From the head of a chain of snowboarding shops in China, there are around 50 million domestic ski visits per year, mostly beginners.

Quoting its founder, media reported on clients of a chain of snowboarding shops in China: 50% middle class, week end skiers with many under 30 and self-employed; 10% rich kids; 15% hard core snowboarding 4 times a week and many self-employed.

Over half of the 1.2 million Chinese skiers and snowboarders travel abroad, with Japan by far the most popular destination, ahead of Switzerland, Italy and Canada, according to The 2017 China Ski White Book.

In 2017, Chinese travelers to Hawai'i increased by 9% to 151,295, with FIT arrivals growing faster at 23% and 15.3% more mainland Chinese travelers visited multiple islands.

A total of 1.39 million Chinese travelers visited Australia in the year ended February 2018, up 13.2% over same period last year. China thus surpass New Zealand to become Australia’s largest source market.

Surveys found respectively 11% of Chinese visitors to Okinawa and 16% of Chinese visitors to Hokkaido rented car there.

After driving tour, popular mode of travel when respondents traveling in FIT include cycling at 47%, walking at 41% and by public transport at 36%, revealed in the above survey.

Driving tour at 74.4% is the most preferred mode of travel when respondents traveling in FIT, revealed in the above survey

When asked what FIT shall pay attention, 61.6% respondents to survey above cited sufficient research to prepare itinerary, and 61.2% said better traveling with companions.

A newspaper in China held survey in March with 2001 responses found 80.2% respondents prefer traveling FIT. Specifically, 63.3% say FIT allow them to tailor made itinerary according to their own situation, while 62.3% say FIT is more fun.

In the year ended March 2018, daily rate of Hong Kong hotels averaged HK$1567.57, up 13.2%, and revenue per available room (RevPAR) UP 16.1% to HK$1439.13.

In the year ended March 2018, occupancy of Hong Kong hotels went up by 2.6% to 91.8%, as demand grew 5.5% while supply up only by 2.8%.

In 2017, the Hong Kong Kai Tak Cruise Terminal doubled its ship calls from 95 in 2016 to 190 last year, and the revenue also doubling to reach a high of more than 732,000.

Statistics reveal much higher growth in spending on Food & Drink by Chinese tourists from third tiered cities such as Zhuhai in Guangdong visiting Japan, which saw 93.4% increase over the year before.

In 2017, tourists visiting Japan bought 19% more on Japanese food, spending a total of YEN345.6 billion, but still behind cosmetics, healthcare and personal care products in popularity.

In 2017, China (mainland) had 5.001 billion domestic travelers, up 12.7%.

In 2017, around 97000 Chinese travelers visited South Africa, down 17% comparing to the year before, as a result of the country’s tight visa system.

One major traditional travel agent reported that 30% to 40% of its FIT travel product sales are done online, while 70% to 80% of tour group sales are done at shops though customers will usually browse details first on web.

In its report published last month, C-trip, a major travel portal in China, projected that nearly 600,000 Chinese tourists will visit Japan for cherry blossom, spending around RMB8 billion.

Random interviews on Chinese tourists at busy streets of Tokyo and Osaka by Japanese media found two-third of the respondents have visited Japan twice or more.

On how they accumulated the wealth, survey found 55% of the respondents are employees and made their fortune through salary / remuneration, outnumbering those running business at 20%.

An international bank interviewed by phone 4100 Hong Kong citizens aged between 21 and 79 found the city last year had 15% more or 68000 persons with at least HK$10 million liquid asset, averaging about 1 such multi-millionaire for every 100 citizens.

The Chinese New Year this year was in February, and outbound from mainland China to Japan in this month totaled 716400, up 40.7%.

The Chinese New Year this year was in February, and outbound from Hong Kong to Japan in this month totaled 178,500, up 26.9%.

Media reported Chinese tourists each spent an average of US$762 on shopping in South Korea, which is higher than the average of US$486 for all inbound tourists.

Chinese outbound traveler on average spend US$3007 per person per trip in South Korea in 2017, according to above report.

Chinese outbound traveler on average spend US$3064 per person per trip, from a report jointly by an international research firm and an e-payment company in China on the country’s outbound travel in 2017.

Some 1.33 million Chinese travelers visited Australia in 2017, spending A$10.4 billion, up 14%.

Some 1.5 million Chinese visited Russia in 2017, and China becomes Russia’s largest source market.

Inbound into Japan in 2018 will reach 32 million and they will spend Yen 1 trillion on food and drink, according to projection.

According to a Japanese consultancy firm, Chinese tourists on average spent Yen 16000 (RMB930) on each dinner for two persons while visiting Japan.

In 2017, tourists visiting Japan spent an average of Yen 30000 on Food and Drink per person per trip, which totaled Yen885.6 billion in that year.

1.21 million Chinese travelers visited Cambodia in 2017.

China’s outbound to Morocco exceeded 100,000 in 2017, the first year Chinese can visit the country without visa, and is a big jump from under 20000 per year when visa was required.

Over 560,000 Chinese travelers visited Canada in 2017, and China became Canada’s third largest source market.

Further, the Institute reports among China’s outbound, the trend of more traveling in FIT continues growing though package tours especially in second and third tiered cities remain popular.

From China Tourism Research Institute, China outbound in 2017 totaled 130.51 million, up 7.0%, spending US$115.3 billion, up 5%.

Thailand projected to attract around 300000 Chinese tourists, up 20%, during the Spring Festival Golden Week.

From a travel research firm, Forwardkeys, flight bookings from USA to South Korea in February this year rose by 24%, while globally booking to South Korea rose by 15%.

Some 80000 to 92000 Chinese tourists visited South Korea during the Winter Olympics, which overlapped with the Spring Festival Golden Week. It was a big reduction compared to the 145645 Chinese visitors in the same period last year

17.5% of Hong Kong inbound took driving holiday in Japan in 2016, the highest, and more than doubled than the runner up of Thailand at 7.1%.

Hong Kong inbound spend HK$1763 (US$226) per person per night when visiting Japan in 2016, which is around 25% higher than the runner up Singapore spending of HK$1414 (US$181).

In 2017, some 1.36 million Chinese visitors entered Indonesia via Bali, which accounted for 65.8% of all Chinese inbound to Indonesia.

2.06 million visitors from mainland China visited Indonesia in 2017, which accounted for 14.95% of the country's total inbound. Thus China became the largest source market of Indonesia in two consecutive years.

Around 968,000 Chinese travelers visited Philippines in 2017, up 43.3%, and China became the country’s second largest source market.

From C-trip’s bookings for the Spring Festival Golden Week this year, 52% of the travelers / holiday-makers, domestic and outbound included, join tour group and 48% FIT.

Long haul destinations popular in this season include South America, Eastern and Northern Europe, and overall tour prices rising by 5 to 10%, according to TIC the Travel Industry Council of Hong Kong.

There will be 5% more outbound tour groups during the Chinese New Year this year, according to TIC the Travel Industry Council of Hong Kong whose members are travel agents.

C-trip, China’s major OTA, projected some 6.5 million Chinese will take outbound holiday during Spring Festival Golden Week this year, up from 6.15 million last year, and on average each will spend RMB9500.

Among the 636 complaints on airlines services received in 2017 by the Hong Kong Consumer Council, 329 of them related to budget carriers, up almost 70% year to year.

Among the 930 complaints on air tickets received in 2017 by the Hong Kong Consumer Council, 525 of them related to budget carriers, up almost 50% over the year before.

Of the 1142 tourists visiting Russia's North Pole National Park in 2017, according to association "World without Border", 209 came from China accounting for 18% of all tourists.

Last year, 7 mountain marathon were held in China, each drawing an average of 3500 direct participants and hundreds of thousands of public too, from China Mountaineering Association.

Over 600 marathon, which together drew over 5 million runners, were held in mainland China in 2017, a 12-folds increase from the 51 marathon held in 2014.

Hong Kong Marathon Training Center co-operate with travel agent to stage a Marathon tour to Prague in the coming May, with one day for the race and a few days for sightseeing.

Some 74,000 runners took part in the 2018 Hong Kong Marathon, which was held recently. Among them, at least 10,000 came from abroad and over 60,000 Hong Kong citizens.

C-trip, a leading travel portal in China, reported Chinese tourists taking outbound holiday during the Spring Festival Golden Week this year will on average spend RMB9500 per person per trip.

According to Global Wellness Institute's projection, world's wellness tourism market will grow by 43% to US$808 billion in the period from 2015 to 2020.

According to Global Wellness Institute, world’s tourists made 691 million holidays with elements of healthy food or wellness in 2015, an increase of 104.4 million holidays comparing to 2013.

According to Global Wellness Institute, world’s wellness travel market grew from US$489 billion in 2013 to USV3 billion in 2015.

In 2016, around 3 million Chinese travelers visited USA and they spent US$33 billion, almost as much as Canadians and Mexicans combined who together accounted for nearly half of all foreign visitors to USA in the same year.

It is changing but 70% of Chinese tourists in 2017 still joined package tour, 12% FIT and 18% traveling in pair.

On average, Chinese tourists visiting Europe in the first half of 2017 each spent EURO1485 per day, with Chinese FIT spending EURO 1607 and those joining package tour EURO1300.

13.6 million Chinese citizens visited Europe in 2017, up 13.4% over 2016.

China’s outbound in 2017 totaled 129 million in 2017, from China Tourism Research Institute.

Based on levies collected from outbound tours, Hong Kong Travel Industry Council, whose members are travel agents, reported members’ outbound tour business last year rose by 4.3%.

In 2017, China ranked Sri Lanka's second largest source market and drew some 268,000 Chinese travelers.

In 2017 until September, number of driving and camping tourists from China to Australia increased by 11500 or 45%.

Despite the increase of arrivals from China, spending of Chinese travelers in Australia in 2017 till September dropped 4% to US$31 billion.

Number of Chinese travelers visiting Australia in 2017 till September totaled 1.2 million, up 12%, but number of package tour Chinese tourists down 10% in the same period.

Media in Australia reported the total number of overnight stay by driving or camping Chinese tourists visiting the country in 2017 till September increased by 112%.

According to projection reported by media, China will have 340 million Ice / Snow tourists by the season of 2021/2022, before Beijing holding the Winter Olympics in 2022.

Media reported around 60% China's skiers spend no more than RMB500 on skiing, and the dominant age group is from 26 to 35.

China’s domestic travel in 2017 generated income totaling RMB4.57 trillion, up 101% comparing to total in 2012.

China media reported that Chinese citizens made in 2017 a total of 5 billion domestic trips and 129 million outbound trips, averaging 3.7 trips in last year.

A major Hong Kong travel agent reported tours to NE and SE Asia destinations during the coming Chinese New Year holiday now 70% booked, and expected tours to Australia, which is relatively more popular than other long haul destinations, increasing by 20%.

TIC, Travel Industry Council, whose members comprise of all Hong Kong travel agents, reported prices of luxury outbound tour during Chinese New Year this year will rise on average by 5%. In particular, an 8 days Europe luxury tour this year costs HK$110,000 (US$14000) roughly 1.7 times the price last year.

China’s cruise travelers grew annually by 70% between 2013 and 2016, and cruise lines Royal Caribbean and Carnival will deploy this year around 5 to 10% of their ships to China

In 2018, the number of cruise travelers from China will drop to 2.4 million from the 2.8 million in 2017, according to report from trade magazine.

The survey found cosmetics, at 27.6%, the most popular shopping item to be followed by clothing, household items, digital products and food.