From above survey, 71% of those interested in outbound consider trip from 5 to 10 days, and 45% has a travel budget below RMB20000 or US$2950.

A survey which interviewed 1058 mainland Chinese from 49 cities between Jan 4 and 7 found 40% respondents not planning for outbound trip / holiday in 2023; and rebound of outbound travel will at first rise slowly, quicken in July and continue into Sep and Oct.

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A sentiment survey by a marketing agency in Dec 2022 found over half of the polled mainland Chinese travelers ready to travel soon after restrictions lifted; while another 32% plan traveling within two years. Also, over half will spend more on travel in coming year than they did in pre-pandemic time.

With China reopening border on Jan 8, Thailand recently predict tourist arrivals from China will reach 300,000 in the first quarter, and to 5 million in the year of 2023.

Data from Cirium, an aviation analytics company, show scheduled inbound flights to China in the first quarter this year increased nearly 150%, comparing to same period in 2022.

With China reopening border on Jan 8, Thailand recently predict tourist arrivals from China will reach 300,000 in the first quarter, and to 5 million in the year of 2023.

Media reported on Jan 16 that China expects by the end of March the number of international flights to increase to around 15% to 25% of the pre-pandemic levels.

On Jan 12, Hong Kong Airlines reported operating 30 flights per day in Jan which around 30% pre-pandemic level. Further, it predicts overall capacity will be increased to 70% pre-pandemic by the end of this year, and 100% by middle of next year.

On Jan 13, some travel agents received over 100 phone enquiries within a few hours after the High Speed train started selling ticket, express hope to get approval to resume package tour groups to the mainland and predict business will increase by 30 to 40%.

China recently received applications from some 40 Chinese and foreign airlines to start some 700 flights a week to 34 countries from second half of Jan to Feb, media reported on Jan 11.

Macau on Jan 9, which soon after Macau relax border restrictions, received 35450 arrivals and among them 5769 came from Hong Kong, which respectively up 1.2 times and 3 times the daily average last year.

From Jan 13 to Mar 31, Hong Kong residents buying cross border bus or ferry ticket to Macau will get a free return ticket, but the free ticket must have a date different from the departure date which means the Hong Kong traveler shall at least stay one night in Macau.

Attending the Toy Fair held by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (TDC) in the second week of January this year were 250 exhibitors from mainland China, of whom 120 from Guangdong.

A total of 5046 travelers from the mainland, an increase of 230% compared to Jan 1, entered Hong Kong on Jan 8 which the first day when the border reopened.

KLOOK, a leading Travel Portal surveyed 9 Asian markets, namely, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam, on their travel behavior in 2023, media reported in end Dec of 2022. It found Asian travelers more inclined planning longer overseas holiday. Specifically, over 50% prepared to plan holiday longer than 6 days.

The above survey around 81% respondents anticipate take an overseas holiday in 2023, and 42% even will plan at least taking 2 such trips.

Located in the northeastern part of China, the Jilin Province has by the end of 2022 has 75 skiing grounds which can handle daily around 100,000 skiers, and rank top in the country. Reportedly, tourists from southern parts of China now account for over 50% of clients

In the first phase, the border between mainland and Hong Kong will reopen from Jan 8. Daily, 60000 travelers from Hong Kong can cross border into the mainland by land, air, ferry or Bus via the Mega Bridge. Travelers via land crossings shall, before departure, check first if required to register online. Latest on Jan 15, Hong Kong and Shenzhen will conduct a review and discuss about arrangement in the next phase.

According to the Hong Kong Secretary of Transport, high speed train services will be resumed the latest on Jan 15.

Cathay will more than double number of flights to the mainland. From Jan 14, weekly there will be 61 pairs of flights connecting Hong Kong with 13 mainland cities. The Airline targets to increase to over 100 pairs of flight each week in March.

C-trip, China’s leading travel portal, reported on Jan 2 that bookings of outbound air ticket during the New Year Holiday grew 145% over last year, while bookings for coming Spring Festival Holiday grew 260%. Popular outbound destinations include Taipei, Macau, Seoul, Singapore, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Tokyo, London, LA and Sydney.

China Ministry of Culture & Tourism project the country’s domestic travelers during the New Year Holiday totaled 52.71 million, up 0.44% over last year but only around 42.8% of 2019 level; who generate tourism revenue of RMB26.52 billion, which up 4% over last year.

The HSBC survey found those between 35 and 44 spend an average of HK$73000 per month; between 35 and 44 spending HK$73000 per month; between 28 and 34 spending monthly HK$50000; and those between 23 and 27 spending monthly HK$27000.

Based on spending of its account and credit card holders in first 11 months of 2022, HSBC found those between 45 and 64 spend 45% to 54% of their monthly spending on leisure, entertainment and travel, and rank top spender among other age groups.

The HSBC study found by total monthly spending those aged between 45 and 55 with average spending of HK$83000 ranked top, which followed by those between 55 and 64 who on average spend HK$74000 per month.