Around 14 million tickets will be sold in a single day during the Spring Festival travel rush this year, with 80% of tickets distributed through online ticketing platform 12306.
Top five international countries for Chinese travelers during Chinese New Year 2019 are, in descending order, Thailand, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, and the United States.
Thailand, Japan, Indonesia and Singapore are among the most popular destinations while Nordic countries, the United Arab Emirates and Spain have seen the fastest growth of Chinese visitors.
Domestic supply cannot entirely satisfy tourist demand, as many Chinese middle-class tourists tend to fly abroad during long holidays. In addition, the added cultural value of tourism remains relatively low.
The most-searched sightseeing place was Imperial Palace, followed by Kiyomizudera in Kyoto and Kawaguchiko in Yamanashi. Mt.Fuji, Enoshima, Osaiba and Kaiyukan disappeared from top 5.
Despite the number of visitors continuing to grow, visitors from most countries with the exception of China spent fewer nights in Australia.
For the past 15 years since Ctrip went public, Mr. Liang said the biggest change in the market was completely going from offline to online and to mobile.
If GDP is growing 5%-6%, travel will be 8%-9%, and we will be double that.
