Chinese tourists
Chinese tourists in taiwanTAIPEI - Chinese tourists who just finished a historic trip to Taiwan, which normally bans them for security reasons, spent about T$40 million ($1.3 million), a perk for the island's sagging economy,
read more TaiwanTaipei - Three female Chinese tourists, who came to Taiwan via Thailand as part of a tour group, went missing in northern Taiwan Tuesday, according to a news release issued by the National Immigration
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China: tourists will "behave"BEIJING - China sought to reassure Taiwan on Monday that its first tour groups to the island will behave well, and told tourists to be good ambassadors following a warming of ties between the two ofte
read more Taiwan: chinese tourists and galun gong sect, how will that work?TAIPEI, Taiwan - Falun Gong followers said Wednesday they will keep promoting their movement at Taiwanese sites popular with tourists from China, where the sect is banned, despite official requests fo
read more Smiling bus drivers? in taiwan? that's freshTaipei - Taiwan's largest bus company is teaching its drivers how to flash the best smile to welcome Chinese tourists.
read more China-France TourismBEIJING - The number of Chinese tourists from Beijing to France has fallen by 70 percent in recent weeks, the French ambassador here has said, following attacks on the Olympic torch in Paris.
read more ChinaTAIPEI - China is ready to permit the first group of mainland tourists travelling to Taiwan directly to depart on July 4, helping Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou make good on one of his campaign promises, the Commercial Times reported, citing a mainland source familiar with the matter.
read more Taiwan Seeks To Attract Tourists From ChinaIlan, Taiwan - Nearly 60 years after splitting from China, Taiwan is laying out the red carpet for tourists from the mainland.
read more New EnglandNEWPORT, R.I. - New England tourism officials are seeing opportunity in China as a booming economy there produces a larger middle class.
That middle class is venturing abroad, and tourist destinations from Rhode Island to Vermont want to be ready.
read more Indonesia Wants Chinese TouristsHong Kong - The Indonesian Embassy in Beijing projected the number of Chinese tourists coming to Indonesia this year at 300,000, for which promotions are being conducted.
The campaign on Visit Indonesia Year (VIY) 2008 launched by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in Jakarta since December last year, had been hailed by many circles in ... read more
JamaicaThe tourism ministry is projecting a sharp increase in visitors from China this year following the removal of the major stumbling blocks.
Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says getting flights from China to Jamaica was the main problem restricting the number of Chinese visitors to the island.
read more New Zealand To Tap Chinese MarketToo few New Zealand tourism operators are tapping into the nearly 40 million Chinese who travel every year, says Tourism New Zealand.
Tourism New Zealand's regional manager for North Asia, Mark Frood, said many New Zealand tourism operators were waiting to see where the China market was headed.
read more IsraelThe Tourism Ministry is seeking for tour guides in the Chinese language in preparation for the arrival of 15,000 tourists to Israel in 2008. Chinese tourists will visit Israel following the signature on an agreement with the Chinese government that allows organized tour groups of visitors from China to travel Israel.
read more HawaiiHawaii's visitor industry is readying itself to handle an increase in Chinese leisure travel this year, but officials say there remains a lot of work to be done.
Sometime this summer, Chinese travel agencies will be allowed to work with U.S. companies to organize and market packaged group leisure tours to the United States.
read more UKBEIJING - Britain will cut the price of its group tourist visas for Chinese travelers by almost a third for three months from March 3, said the British Ambassador to China Sir William Ehrman on Wednesday.
read more TaiwanNearly 700 Chinese tourists are set to arrive in Taiwan on a foreign cruise ship, becoming the largest group of Chinese tourists to visit the island, which still regards China as its enemy.
read more Vegas + China = Love. And Money. Lots Of Money.Growing Chinese wealth, relaxed visa rules promise explosion of nation’s visitors.
The financial windfall that arrives with Chinese New Year — one of the most profitable and active periods of the year on the Strip — is only a fraction of what’s in store for Las Vegas.
read more South AfricaGrowing prosperity in China is beginning to affect the global tourism industry. More and more Chinese are traveling abroad - especially this week, which includes the lunar New Year.
One place that is benefiting from this trend is South Africa. A surge in Chinese visitors is helping South Africa's tourism industry achieve double-digit ... read more
JapanThe number of Chinese visitors to Japan exceeded the number of Americans for the first time in 2007, data published on Monday showed, highlighting a boom in regional tourism fuelled by Asia’s growing wealth.
read more Chinese Tourists: HK vs. MacauHong Kong - Hong Kong, one of Asia's hottest destinations, hopes to welcome more than 30 million visitors in 2008 as mainland Chinese throng the city's shops and restaurants despite global stock market turmoil. The tiny city of 7 million has as many visitors a year as Japan, Thailand and Singapore combined but is fending off a resurgent ... read more