The accommodations rental site
says outbound travel from China on the platform has grown 700 percent in the past year.
Not exact matches
«China has been the fastest growing country for Airbnb domestically, out of all [of the] countries in which we operate, and second - fastest growing from an
outbound travel perspective,» he
said, suggesting that there are more opportunities to grow in that market.
«The Chinese are
travelling more and more both inside of China and increasingly
outbound,» Nassetta
said, adding that the strongest growth comes from the mid-market segment.
Blecharczyk
said Airbnb's competitive advantage was that it could provide
outbound Chinese travelers with a broad range of accommodation options in most countries to which they choose to
travel.
«In just the past year alone,
outbound travel from Chinese guests through Airbnb has grown 700 percent,» the company
said in an August blog post.
«The biggest change is the slowing of the international
outbound business
travel,»
said Michael McCormick, the GBTA's executive director and COO.
«The parade of winners at the Middle East World
Travel Awards Ceremony demonstrates more powerfully than anything I can
say about why the region continues to build on its success with solid growth and new initiatives, projects and improved inbound and
outbound tourism products.
Reed
Travel Exhibitions Director World
Travel Market Simon Press
said: «The predicted growth in Russian
outbound traffic is good news for the global industry, but the report shows greater support could be given to its inbound industry, especially to attract tourists form the large markets of the US and western Europe.»
«As the flag carrier of Taiwan, China Airlines plays a crucial role in supporting the fast - growing global
travel industry in the region as inbound and
outbound travel to Taiwan continues to grow,»
said Dasha Kuksenko, vice president & regional general manager, Sabre Airlines Solutions, Asia Pacific.
In the «The Chinese Luxury Traveler Report 2012» the China
Outbound Tourism Research Institute (COTRI)
said that China's luxury
travel consumers were 70 % male with the majority coming from Shanghai, Beijing and urban centres in eastern China.
Reed
Travel Exhibitions Director World Travel Market Simon Press said: «Either inbound or outbound, the China market is becoming so large no - one in the travel industry can afford to be ignorant of its i
Travel Exhibitions Director World
Travel Market Simon Press said: «Either inbound or outbound, the China market is becoming so large no - one in the travel industry can afford to be ignorant of its i
Travel Market Simon Press
said: «Either inbound or
outbound, the China market is becoming so large no - one in the
travel industry can afford to be ignorant of its i
travel industry can afford to be ignorant of its impact.
«All inbound and
outbound travel businesses need insight into the key markets ofBrazil, Russia, IndiaandChina, and these new figures provides a valuable and intriguing insight,» said World Travel Market Chairman Fiona Je
travel businesses need insight into the key markets ofBrazil, Russia, IndiaandChina, and these new figures provides a valuable and intriguing insight,»
said World
Travel Market Chairman Fiona Je
Travel Market Chairman Fiona Jeffery.
World
Travel Market Chairman Fiona Jeffery
said: «The UK
outbound industry was severely hit by the global crisis, as these figures reveal.
Economic challenges globally, namely in parts of Europe, China, Russia and Brazil, are subduing
outbound international
travel over the next year and a half, the report
says.