While group tourism still features heavily on the landscape of Chinese outbound tourism, global destinations and attractions are recently welcoming a very different type of traveller. Once synonymous with the Chinese tourist, more and more Chinese are now ditching the gruelling itineraries and service station suppers of group tours, replacing them with independent adventure. The […]
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It is, by now, widely acknowledged that the shopping habits of Chinese tourists abroad have become something of a global phenomenon. China’s ever expanding middle classes have gained worldwide attention for pouring into various destinations (particularly Japan) and showering copious amounts of cash on luxury items. So much so that the Japanese word “Bakugai” (explosively
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Spring Festival, also known as Chinese New Year, is the biggest public holiday in China, lasting from the 1st to 15th day of the first lunar month. Whilst traditionally, this holiday is spent at home with closest family, recent years have shown a dramatic shift in the observance of this festival. Of the 300 million Chinese
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At Guanxi would like to wish all our friends a “Xin Nian Kuai Le” (sing nee-ann koo-why ler), or Happy New Year and “Kung Hei Fat Choi” (kung-he fat choy) for a wealthy year! The Chinese New Year festival marks the start of the New Year in the Chinese calendar, beginning on the second new moon
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With the Year of the Monkey around the corner, we wanted to find out how the people of Beijing would be gearing up for the festivities! We asked Guanxi’s Vivienne Song, to tell us how she will be celebrating this year. Hi Vivienne! How are you going to be celebrating Chinese New Year this year? The
