China’s Shopping Festivals
Shopping is one of China’s favourite pastimes. So much so, that there are a number of festivals throughout the year dedicated to the sport of retail therapy.
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Get Ready for Golden Week
Golden Week is one of the most important holidays in the Chinese calendar, a week-long holiday that happens annually at the beginning of October. Traditionally, the Chinese flock in their droves (589 million to be precise) throughout China via train and by car, visiting domestic tourism attractions such as Beijing’s Forbidden City which sold 166
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Is the rise of Chinese travel to the UK unstoppable?
It’s hardly a secret that Chinese tourists stay longer (twice as long) and spend more (3½ times more) than the average visitor to the UK. This long-staying, high-spending market is moving up every tourism provider’s priority list as the value of China’s growing outbound travel market – which already stood at 120 million in 2016
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More than 750 million Chinese expected to travel during October’s Golden Week
Golden Week is the single biggest holiday for the Chinese and last year saw around 750 million people – half of China’s population – hit the road. While many travel domestically, increasing numbers are using this opportunity to fulfil dreams of further-flung travel. At least 4 million Chinese travelled overseas in Golden Week in 2015
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Let’s go … explosive shopping!
Shopping has long been a major motivator for overseas travel by the Chinese, and Bicester Village may be the 2nd most visited place in the UK by Chinese tourists after Buckingham Palace. And since the Chinese are easily the highest overseas spenders of all inbound tourists – making up one-third of all global tax-free shopping
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