As Korea is still grappling with containing MERS, Chinese visitor arrivals to Incheon Airport have dwindled from 20,000 to 400 per day.
Chinese tour operators had 8.95 million trips, 23.7 million trips in domestic tourism and 3.13 million trips in inbound tourism.
The Malaysian Cabinet has directed the country’s Interior Ministry to implement a year-long trial of visa-free entry for Chinese tourists.
Arrivals by Chinese tourists to Greece increased 70% y-o-y to 100,000 in 2014 and it is estimated to increase 50% more y-o-y in 2015.
Songcheng Performing Arts entered the top ten global its theme park groups, recording 14.56 million trips in 2014 an increase y-o-y of 103%.
Foreign businesses will be able to participate in commercial tourism development projects and invest in tourism products and facilities in Beijing.
Lack of diversity of visitor source markets compared to non-Asian destinations make Asian markets vulnerable to adverse changes in regional tourism.
Beijing is ranked 14th globally and 2nd regionally in terms of the number of international conferences held in 2014, according to ICCA.