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New Quality Productive Forces: Powering the Global Tourism Economy
Published on 09/01/2026
» HARBIN – The 11th Global Tourism Economy Forum · Heilongjiang 2025 (“GTEF” or “the Forum”) successfully concluded in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China.
China ousts Japan in outbound market
Business, Narumon Kasemsuk, Published on 13/08/2025
» Forward bookings by outbound tourists for the upcoming high season remain strongly supported by Chinese tour packages, attributed to lower costs of 30-50% compared with trips to Japan, which recorded a decline for the first time in June.
Japan, China still tops for Thai travellers
Business, Narumon Kasemsuk, Published on 29/01/2025
» Despite surging costs, Japan and China are expected to remain the top destinations for outbound Thai travellers this year, with at least 2.5 million flocking to those countries thanks to visa exemptions, weak currencies and various tourism products.
Mainland gives Hong Kong tourism a lift
Reuters, Published on 11/05/2024
» HONG KONG - Eight more Chinese cities have joined a scheme allowing their residents to travel to Hong Kong on their own, rather than as part of a tour group, as part of efforts to boost Hong Kong’s economy.
More Chinese expected to travel abroad for Lunar New Year
South China Morning Post, Published on 29/01/2024
» HONG KONG: More Chinese travellers are expected to head overseas during the Lunar New Year next month but the exodus will still be below pre-pandemic levels amid a weaker economic outlook and changing consumer preferences, analysts said.
Vaccines in development hit 70, deaths top 114,000: Virus update
Bloomberg News, Published on 13/04/2020
» Seventy coronavirus vaccines are in development globally, with three already being tested in human trials, the World Health Organization said. The northeastern Chinese city of Harbin tightened rules to curb the spread of the virus.
Chinese Authorities Promote Face Masks, but Some Experts Question Them
Business, Julie Wernau & Stella Yifan Xie, Published on 03/02/2020
» As fear about the deadly new coronavirus spreads in China, face masks have disappeared from store shelves and sold out online. At least two Chinese provinces now require them to be worn in public. Factories that make the masks in China are operating 24 hours a day to meet the demand.
Louis Vuitton plans to close HK luxury store hit by protests
South China Morning Post, Published on 10/01/2020
» Louis Vuitton, the world's top luxury brand, is the first label to respond to the impact of the anti-government protests that have gripped Hong Kong for the past seven months by closing one of its stores in the city.
AB InBev’s Asia unit rises in world’s second-biggest IPO of 2019
Bloomberg News, Published on 30/09/2019
» HONG KONG: The Asia-Pacific beer unit of Anheuser-Busch InBev NV gained as much as 4.8% in its Hong Kong trading debut, a positive for the lacklustre global market in initial public offerings and vindication for the beer maker in its second attempt at an Asian listing.
Agencies lure new cities as Chinese look elsewhere
Business, Kanana Katharangsiporn, Published on 05/09/2019
» Property agencies targeting Chinese buyers have shifted to new markets other than Thailand and are focused on enticing buyers from novel Chinese cities after traditional markets slowed their purchases of Bangkok condos in response to the US-China trade war, a stronger baht and weaker yuan.