Prospects For China's Tourism Industry In 2009
At a recent press conference held by the China Tourism Academy and Sohu.com's travel channel to mark the publication of their report "2008 China Tourism Economic Operation Analysis and Development Forecast in 2009", Dai Bin, the vice director of the CTA, reviewed 2008 and looked forward to 2009.
CITIC 2009: New Marketing Strategies For Inbound Tourism To China
Due to the impact of the blizzard in south China in the beginning of 2008, the March 14 Lhasa riots, and the May 12 Wenchuan earthquake, China's inbound tourism has not developed as well as was expected. Instead it registered a decline in the Olympic year.