Chinese travelers in their 30s are becoming the biggest spenders in outbound travel, powering China's global spending spree this Spring Festival.
Chinese visitor arrivals to the USA are expected to grow by 25% to 30% this year, continuing the strong growth in 2014.
Outbound travel from China during the Spring Festival holidays from February 18 to 24 leapt 10% year on year totaling 5.182 million trips.
Chinese tourists are directly responsible for creating 340,000 jobs, equivalent to 0.06 jobs created per visitor.
Travelport Worldwide announced today its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2014.
Expedia, Inc. announced today that it has entered into an agreement with AirAsia Berhad to purchase an additional 25% equity interest of AAE Travel Pte. Ltd.
Hong Kong-based Chow Tai Fook Group will invest US$2.6 billion in the Incheon Casino project that targets Chinese visitors.
Chinese visitor numbers to Japan soared 83% y-o-y in 2014, totaling 2.4092 million trips and total expenditure reached 560 billion yen (approx:US$4.8 billion),
