Chinese tourists

New Business

Tencent’s Weixin Pay chases Chinese tourists in Singapore with Sentosa deal

Tencent Holdings’ Weixin Pay, a leading digital payment platform in China, is expanding its presence in Southeast Asia to capitalise…

Read More »
New Business

‘Gone down a lot’: why Chinese travellers are shunning US and Europe

Chinese tourists are increasingly turning away from traditional destinations such as the United States and Europe in favour of hotspots…

Read More »
New Business

China’s inbound Lunar New Year travel surges over 200% as visa-free policies pay off

China has logged a more than 200 per cent increase in inbound travel bookings for this year’s Lunar New Year…

Read More »
New Business

Chinese tourists, wary of Thailand, plan other stops for Lunar New Year travel

Lunar New Year, arguably China’s biggest annual holiday, can be seen as a barometer for the country’s economy. As more…

Read More »
New Business

Thai properties at risk as Chinese buyers go cold amid abduction, trafficking news

Beijing resident Evelyn Lin paid US$274,000 for a flat in Bangkok in 2018, hoping to use the property as her…

Read More »
New Business

China’s investors, tourists hit pause to size up risks of turmoil in Seoul

China’s traders, investors and tourists are likely to pause and examine the risks of South Korea’s prolonged political turmoil in…

Read More »
New Business

Hong Kong hoteliers brace for ‘worrying’ trends as lodging tax, US trade war dent tourism

Hong Kong’s hotel industry is likely to face more headwinds next year. A new lodging tax and heightened geopolitical tensions…

Read More »
New Business

Opinion | China’s tourism policy must now go beyond visa-free travel

The statistics speak for themselves. In the first half of this year, 14.64 million foreigners visited China, up by 152.7…

Read More »
Back to top button