China's cruise home ports, which mainly serve Chinese cruise holiday-makers, handled 11.4% more or 4.78 million passengers in 2017.

In 2017, China's 11 largest cruise terminals / ports handled 17.0% more or 1181 cruises of which 83 visiting, and 4.95million travelers.

On activities in New York, Shopping at 90%, Sightseeing at 88% and Visit Gallery and Museum at 59% are three most popular among Chinese tourists.

Around half of tourists from China to New York visit USA for the first time, and on average Chinese tourist spent in the city US$2716 per person per trip, totaling US$2.58 billion.

Arrivals from China to New York changing from business and tour group to leisure and FIT. Based on 2018 data, 67% of them for leisure and on average two persons traveling together.

Last year, some 1.04 million Chinese tourists visited New York, up 9.2% over the year before. Between 2010 and 2017, the city saw Chinese arrivals increased by 352%!

Though 3.8% fewer Chinese tourists visited Japan in last September, Chinese arrivals in the first 9 months to Japan totaled some 3.69 million, up 6.6%.

Some 1.66 million travelers from Hong Kong visited Japan in the first 9 months this year, down 1.1%.

Likely a result of recent natural disasters, foreign arrivals to Japan recorded in September 2018, first time in past 6 years, a drop of 5.3% to 2.16 million, but total arrivals in the first 9 months still grew by over 10%, from JNTO.

The universities' survey found Leisure & Entertainment in the Greater Bay Area at 37.5% top attractive to Hong Kong citizens; and the two areas need most for improvement are Food Safety at 41.2% and Security at 30.6%.

The universities' survey found 46% respondents been to the Greater Bay Area in past year, and among them 59.2% went for sightseeing / holiday, 24.5% for visiting friends & relatives; 20.5% for food and only 16.7% for work.

The Greater Bay Area, which has over 66 million people with total GDP of USD 1.35 trillion thus a big market, includes Hong Kong, Macau and 9 major cities of Guangdong like Guangzhou etc. extensively linked by speed trains, highway and lately a bridge across the mouth of the Pearl River connecting Hong Kong, Macau and Zhuhai.

C-trip's big data show Chinese FIT frequently ask the following: Food and Drink 18.7%; Attractions 17.0%; Transport 15.9%; while shopping at 10.0% ranked fifth.

Outbound bookings of China's leading travel portal, C-trip's, are being equally divided by FIT and package tour, while no of travelers in private tour in the first half this year rose by 300%.

Based on bookings of China's leading travel portal, C-trip's, females account for 53% of its outbound travelers in the first half of 2018; and by age, 31% born in the Eighties, 18% in the Nineties who outnumber those born in the Seventies by 2%.

From China Tourism Research Institute, number of Chinese outbound in the first half of 2018 increased by 15% to 71.31 million.

Spending of Chinese tourists to Australia in the financial year 2016-2017 totaled some 9.8 billion Australian dollars. China is Australia's largest source market.

At present, FIT account for over 70% of Chinese arrivals to Australia, and 40% of these FIT being repeated visitors.

In the past three years, arrivals from China to Australia increased by 53% by number, while their spending increased by 61%.

Globally, expats earn an average of US$106706! World’s second highest expats are those in mainland China who earn an average of US$172678, while Singapore ranked third at US$162172.

A survey by HSBC Holdings, which polled 22318 expatriates in 163 markets in last March and April, found expats in Hong Kong make the most money worldwide, earning an average of US$178706 a year.

Billings of air tickets sold in Hong Kong in July and August this year grew year on year by 9.6%, and that for the first 8 months this year grew 7.8%, reported in website of the Travel Industry Council of Hong Kong.

Total revenue of Hong Kong outbound tour groups in July and August this year grew by 9.2 %, and that for the first 8 months this year grew 11.8%, based on levy collected by Travel Industry Council from member travel agents.

Total revenue of Hong Kong outbound tour groups in July this year grew by 7.6% while that for January to July in the same year grew 13.8%, based on levy collected by Travel Industry Council from member travel agents.

Travelers (mainly domestic) in China spent RMB103 billion, last year was 965 billion , up 7.19% over same period last year, on Oct 1, first day of the Golden Week.

On Oct 1, the first day of the Golden Week, various attractions in China drew a total of 122 million visitors, up 7.54% over same period last year.

Some 248,000 tourists from mainland China, up 20%, visited Hong Kong on October 1, the first day of the Golden Week, and among them 152,000 are FIT.

During the October Golden Week, daily, there are around 130 tour groups from China with peak day around 200 tour groups, ie., similar to last year, and around 80% are for shopping, from the city' s Travel Industry Council.

Hong Kong Hotel Owners Association reported, days before October 1, the city's hotels were already 70% booked, and expected occupancy rate in the first few days of the Golden Week to rise to 90% or higher. On average, hotel rate rise by 5% to 8% over same period last year.

Macao has 39400 hotel rooms this year, 2648 more than last year, but rooms are more fully booked for the coming Golden Week. Rates for remaining rooms vary, with lower asking price for cheapest rooms in luxury hotels but more aggressive pricing for others.

With speed train started running this month in Hong Kong, outbound package tours to mainland China in the fourth quarter this year will rise by 20% to 30%, according to Jason Wong, Chairman of the city's Travel Industry Council.

In its first day of service on the 23rd this month, there were at least 10 outbound tour groups from Hong Kong to China mainland by speed train. In general, speed train tours have been receiving good responses with some already fully booked.

China will have some 130 new airports by 2015, bringing the country's total to around 370.

In 2017, China aviation industry carried 13% more or 550 million passengers, which accounted for 16.3% of the world's air passengers.

In 2017, China started 382 new international air routes, bringing the total number to 1634 which double the total in 2015.

From C-trip, first timer participating in domestic study tour in 2017-18, on average, aged 8.8 years old which is 1.2 year lower than average in 2015-16.

From C-trip, first timer participating in outbound study tour in 2017-18, on average, aged 12.1 years old which is 0.8 year lower than average in 2015-16.

From C-trip, domestic study tour grow by as much as some 120%, twice that of outbound, and reach an average tour price of around RMB4200.

From C-trip's, nearly 1 million Chinese participate in overseas study or camping tours etc. in 2018, generating revenue over RMB30 billion.

C-trip's report projected that the percentage of Chinese student participating study tour or summer camp will rise to around 10% within three years.

Last month, C-trip, a leading travel portal in China, reported the country has now around 180 million kindergarten to high school students, 5% or 10 million take part in study tour or summer camp.

From Turkish news agency, some 191000 Chinese travelers, up 91% over same period last year, visited Turkey in the first half of this year.

Of the 70729 inbound visitors to Brunei in the first quarter this year via its airport,26.1% or around 19550 came from China which the corresponding figure for 2017 was 18.5%.

Laos’s newspaper reported number of arrivals from China to Laos rose to some 639000 last year from around 200000 in 2012.

Some 3.2 million Chinese travelers visited Singapore in 2017, contribute g S$4.2 billion in tourism receipts.

Some 442,000 Chinese travelers visited Finland in 2017, and spent there EURO335 million, up 46% .

From the Institute, travelers in 2015 made 691 million trips with health / wellness components, up significantly by 104.4 million trips than in 2013.

The global wellness industry grew from a size of US$489 billion in 2013 to US$563 billion in 2015, and is projected to rise to US$808 billion by 2020, from the Global Wellness Institute.

From Travel Industry Council Hong Kong whose members are the city's travel agents, outbound package tours business of its members in the first half of 2018 grew 14.8%!

From China Tourism Research Institute, China's domestic travelers in the first half of 2018 totaled 28.26 million, up 11.4%.

From China Tourism Research Institute, China's outbound travelers in the first half of 2018 totaled 71.31 million, up 15%. With the weakening of RMB, China's outbound market in the second half of this year is expected to see smaller growth.

From Argentina Tourism Ministry, around 60000 Chinese tourists visited the country in 2017.

In 2017, Chinese tourists spent in Australia a record AUD$10.4 billion. In the year ending Feb 2018, and China also the largest market by spending.

Some 1.39 million travelers from mainland China, up 13.2%, visited Australia in the year ending in February 2018. China thus ranks Australia largest source market.

One local newspaper reports there are now around 300,000 Hong Kong citizens with Canadian passport. Last year, over 1500 Hong Kong citizens immigrated to Canada.

Quoting French official figures, China's news agency reported over 43% of Chinese tourists visiting France traveling in FIT, and the ratio is projected to rise to 50% in 2019.

Some 69,000 Chinese tourists visited Kenya in 2017, and China thus became the country's fifth largest source market.

Xinhua News Agency quoted an organization for foreign students studying in UK that Chinese kids taking summer courses in UK through the organization in the recent past 10 years grew annually by about 10%, and majority age 7 or above.

Report by a research consultant firm said the world's capsule hotels generated revenue totaling US$159 million in 2016, which will rise to US$226 million by 2022.

In 2017, some 97000 tourists from China visited South Africa.

In China, some 4.374 million couples divorced in 2017, up 5.2% over the year 2016.

In China, some 10.63 million couples registered their marriages in 2017, down 7% over the year before.

Boat tragedy in Phuket on July 5 stop the growing trend of Chinese visitors to Thailand, from year on year growth of 20% in June to zero in July. Thai tourism ministry revised down its forecast for the number of Chinese arrivals for second half of the year by nearly 670K to 5.1 million.

Despite the recent earthquake, at least 8 tour groups from Hong Kong around 160 tourists between will depart August 7 and next Tuesday for holidays in Bali or Brunei

At present, at least 7 tour groups from Hong Kong with a total of 130 tourists are in Bali Indonesia which is affected by earthquake recently.

In the first half of this year, travelers from China (mainland) accounted for 30% of Thailand’s total inbound in that period, and contributed tourism income of 319 billion Thai baht which accounted for 31.4% of all such income.

A record number of 1.1 million Chinese tourists visited Los Angeles last year, up 6% from the year before.

In the first quarter of 2018, some 371000 visitors from mainland China visited Cebu, Philippines.

Cebu Pacific charges the lowest rate of HK$613 for a return ticket to and from Hong Kong, around one quarter of what other airlines charging. In the first quarter this year, some 36800 tourists from Hong Kong visited Cebu.

In 2016, some 2.97 million Chinese visited USA and they spent US$33 billion which made China respectively US’s 5th largest market by number and top market by spending, from Hong Kong media.

Survey by an international credit card in last November, which collected 8610 replies from 14 markets in the Asia Pacific, found some 60% of respondents from Hong Kong reported using mobile phone to make online purchases, and their three most popular purchases include air plus hotel package.

Hong Kong International Airport, which connect by flights to some 220 airports worldwide, handled 72.90 million passengers in 2017.

In 2017, some 337000 Chinese travelers visited UK, up 29% over the year before, and they spent over US$900 million there, up 35%.

The Americans spent Ruble 5.6 billion, of which 13% on food and drink, 30% on hotel and 3% on souvenir.

These Chinese tourists to Russia during World Cup spent only 5% on food, 10% on hotel, 26% on buying fashion and garment, 11% on cosmetics and another 10% on personal decorative items.

From Russian news, Chinese citizens spent Ruble 4.1 billion (HK$510 million) in the country during World Cup 2018, thus ranked the second biggest spender group.

Each year, over 10 million Chinese tourists visit Thailand and spend more than 500 billion baht; for Phuket alone, it draws some 3 million Chinese tourists every year with spending over 150 billion baht.

Based on data from members, a hotel association in southern Thailand reported Chinese tourists canceled booking of over 7300 hotel rooms in Phuket Thailand for the summer months of July and August, after the recent shipwrecks there.

In the first half of 2018, Shanghai port handled 177 cruises and 1.11 million travelers.

In 2017, Shanghai port handled 512 cruises and nearly 3 million travelers, respectively accounting for 43.3% and 60% of the country’s totals.

Listed as temporary lodgings in Hong Kong on Airbnb are around 9000 properties from 5000 hosts with each host getting on average about HK$25000 in rental income a year.

According to figures from the Louvre, which has 8.1 million visitors annually, some 626,000 of them being Chinese and accounted for 8% of the museum's annual visitors.

From a sport celebrity of China, the country’s sport tourism industry, which now accounts for 5% of China’s tourism industry, will rise by 30% to 40% per year.

In an report published at the end of 2016 by authorities such as the former China National Tourism Administration, sport tourism trade is projected, by 2020, to generate revenue totaling RMB1000 billion

The world’s sport tourism market will likely exceed US$400 billion by 2020, according to UNWTO projection.

Chinese football fans bought, as of June 7, over 40000 World Cup tickets, according to report of Chinese media.

Among respondents to above survey, 3.2% were born in the Sixties, 11.5% in the Seventies, 52.6% in the Eighties, and 32.4% in the Nineties or later.

A survey in May this year in China on 1975 travelers, who cancelled / changed air tickets, found 74% experienced difficulty and 50.3% were even asked by handling agent to pay admin fee higher than the ticket price listed on airline’s official website.

In the first quarter of 2018, Philippines welcomed some 370,000 Chinese visitors, and targets to welcome 1.5 million of them in the whole year.

In 2017, nearly 1 million Chinese visited Philippines, up 43%, and China became its second largest source market.

Office closed from 26 to 29 June 2018 for corporate travel and will resume on 3 July. For inquiry, please send email to travel@tkshk.com.

Report from a travel portal estimated number of Chinese (mainland) outbound tourists in summer this year will exceed 30 million, and their average per capita spending will rise by 6.8% over same period last year.

As of early June, some 33000 Mexicans, 39000 Chinese and a similar number of Americans have applied and been issued FAN ID, which allows them to enter Russia visa free during the World Cup.

In 2017, Hong Kong imported HK$13.4 billion / YEN 187.7 billion of Japan's food and agricultural products, accounting for 23.3% of all such export from Japan and outdistanced USA which had 15.2% market share.

Each year, around 18000 Chinese tourists visit the Northern Territory of Australia. A new direct flight from Shenzhen to Darwin will cut the travel time from 14 hours to 6 hours.

On June 19 or one day after earthquake, there were at least 35 package tour groups comprising of close to 1000 travelers from Hong Kong in Japan with itinerary involving Osaka. At least another 55 tour groups with around 1500 travelers from Hong Kong will visit the city between June 20 and the end of the month.

According to estimates by Cruise Lines International Association, the industry this year will draw over 27 million holiday-makers who will take to the seas or rivers of the world

In 2017, over 600,000 students leaving mainland China to pursue higher education overseas.

Four major Chinese companies, which get into world’s top ten theme park operators, are OCT, Fantawild, Six Flags Entertainment Corporation and Chimelong.

Worldwide, theme parks of water world drew 30.10 million visitors, up 1.6 percent, in 2017.

Among world's major theme parks, visitors to those in China rose by 20 percent in 2017 thus accounting for 25 percent of the world's total.

Spanish media reported that in 2017, the world’s theme parks together grew by 8.6 percent and drew 475.7 million visitors.

World Cup in Russia draw inbound visitors

Among C-trip bookings in the first quarter this year of travel products to Europe, economy type accounted for 43.8 percent, leisure type 44.8 percent, and luxurious type 11.2 percent which nevertheless grew at 39.2 percent.

Based on travel portal bookings, the Tourism Institute report some 30 percent of the Chinese tourists traveling to Europe in the first quarter this year in FIT or private tour, a big increase over last year; while 70 percent join package tour.

China Tourism Research Institute reported in the first quarter this year Chinese outbound travelers, when comparing to same period last year, made 35% more bookings for trips to Europe; and they account for 9% of all China's outbound in that period.

In 2017, salary adjustments in all parts of China (mainland) averaged an increase of 7.4 percent which is 0.5 percent higher than in 2016.

Starting salary of China’s other graduates in 2017 were respectively RMB9982 for doctor (PhD), RMB6791 for research students, and RMB3907 for collage.

Further, the above report said of those China’s enterprises surveyed, 71% hired current graduates in 2017 and of which 41% hiring more and 21% hired fewer graduates.

A research center which supplies data to some Chinese government departments report starting salary for university graduate in 2017 averages RMB4854, up 9.7% over the figure of RMB4422 in 2016.

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.