Around 20 tourist attractions across China have raised the price of entrance tickets so far in this year, some by more than 40% this year in violation of regulations.
According to the National Tourism Administration, the tourism wave during the Dragon Boat Festival was a prelude for the upcoming boom for tourism in summer.
"The introduction of 10-year multiple entry visas for Chinese nationals represents a major breakthrough for the Australian tourism industry," TTF CEO Margy Osmond.
Chinese tourists scared off by MERS are cancelling Korean trips in favour of Thailand and Japan.
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.