Chinese tourism continues to boom, with traveller numbers up 20% to 107 million in 2014 with no slowdown in sight. There is a shift in the composition of Chinese traveling abroad with Chinese tourists becoming younger, with more independent travelers as well as tech savvy and wealthier travellers.
The findings of a recent study are startling: outbound Chinese travellers could number 174 million in four years, spending US$264 billion annually, according toforecasts. This is roughly equivalent to the GDP of a whole developed country like Singapore.
The Pyramids in Egypt, Mount Fuji in Japan and the Eiffel Tower in Paris are the top three global landmarks outside China that Chinese travellers would most like to visit in their lifetimes.