Beijing Tourism Revenue CNY610 Million Over New Year

Despite the blizzard on the last day of the three-day New Year Holiday, Beijing received a total of 1.16 million tourists during the holiday and achieved a total tourism revenue of CNY610 million for the period.

Thailand Aims To Attract More Chinese Tourists

According to udnbkk.com, one of Thailand's largest Chinese media outlets, the director of the East Asia Office of the Tourism Authority of Thailand has said that Thailand will host 700,000 Chinese tourists in 2009, a decrease of 12% compared with the 900,000 visits of 2008.

Japan To Attract More Chinese Tourists In 2010

According to Japan's Chunbun "The Chinese Review", the Japanese government has recently decided to focus on China to attract more foreign tourists and it also plans to use a quarter of its budget in 2010 to attract foreign visitors: a total of JPY5 billion.

Chinese Business Travel Market Growing

The latest China Business Travel Survey result released by American Express shows that despite the impact of the global financial crisis, China's business travel market has shown growth in times of adversity.

China's Hospitality Industry Sales Up In H1

According to the latest statistics released by the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, in the first half of 2009, China's accommodation and catering industry showed a year-on-year growth of 18.1% with total retail sales being CNY851.4 billion, despite the impact of the global financial crisis.