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491,000 Japan-bound air tickets cancelled as China warns people to avoid travel amid spat

Chinese airlines have recorded about 491,000 cancellations of tickets to Japan since Saturday – roughly 32 per cent of their…

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Canada travel searches spike in China as group tours resume: ‘interest surged’

Beijing’s decision to allow group travel to Canada to resume for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic has sparked…

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The Great Mall: how China is turning foreign tourists into shoppers

Foreign tourists in China are increasingly drawn to shopping, said Steven Zhao, CEO of China Highlights, a travel agency that…

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China’s ‘super golden week’ forecast to spark travel boom at home and abroad

Visa-free travel abroad and free toll roads at home are expected to fuel a surge in travel by Chinese citizens…

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Chinese tourists splash the cash in Japan as weak yen drives travel surge

When Ding Xiaohan, a software engineer from Shanghai, took her 18-year-old son to Japan for a weeklong holiday this summer,…

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Chinese tourism to Nepal plummets after protests spark ‘mass cancellations’

Chinese tourism to Nepal is set to slump after days of deadly political unrest have left many travellers “scared” to…

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Why Chinese tourism to US is still rising despite Trump: ‘hard to replicate’

When Gao Huasheng, a university professor from Shanghai, began planning a two-week family holiday to San Francisco earlier this year,…

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How young Chinese travellers are fuelling a cruise ship holiday boom

After graduating from Fudan University’s prestigious MBA programme this year, Dong Wenxin wants to keep in touch with his fellow…

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Will China’s ‘emergent’ jobs help its youths find stable work?

The city of Xian in western China – renowned as the country’s ancient capital and home of the Terracotta Army…

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China’s Dragon Boat Festival coincides with second holiday, fuelling boom in family tourism

An unusual convergence of the Dragon Boat Festival and Children’s Day in China over the weekend led to a surge…

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