Chinese tourists news

The huge new theme park in Ankara, Turkey, that had been known as Ankapark has now officially opened under the new moniker Wonderland Eurasia. Covering ... More

The Global Wellness Summit (GWS) released its top eight wellness trends for 2019 at a press event in New York City this week. The in-depth ... More

A huge new theme park is set to open in this Turkish capital, Ankara, in March, covering an area of 1.4m sq m (15.1m sq ... More

A science museum in Suzhou, China, is to act as the centrepiece of a new cultural district in the city, with the design celebrating nature ... More

Around 250,000 holidaymakers from China spent more than £1bn in the UK last year, marking the increased importance of the country to the UK’s tourism ... More

Tourism agency VisitBritain has signed new partnership deals with two China-based travel sector giants as part of a strategy to attract more Chinese visitors to ... More

Visits from Chinese tourists to the UK were up 37 per cent in the first nine months of 2015, as a number of pro-China tourism ... More

Prime Minister David Cameron has declared that the UK will extend multiple-entry visas for Chinese visitors to two years from six months. The move was ... More

Under-secretary of state for sport, tourism and heritage Tracey Crouch and mayor of London Boris Johnson were among the keynote speakers at the 2015 Hospitality ... More

The home secretary Theresa May has announced a new pilot scheme enabling Chinese visitors to apply for UK and European visas in a single process. ... More

British efforts to court Chinese tourism through a major Shanghai business festival launched by Prince William are missing the point in terms of what needs ... More

The UK tourism sector is predicted to continue its strong course of growth in 2015, with records set to tumble for both inbound visitors and ... More

British landmarks Giant’s Causeway, Hadrian’s Wall and Kensington Palace are among 101 points of interest to be given Chinese names as VisitBritain continues its concerted ... More

Britain’s efforts to make itself a more welcoming destination to Chinese visitors appear to be paying off with new research showing aspirational travel from China ... More

A new Christmas-themed attraction is now under development in the Chinese city of Changdi in the form of SantaPark – the “official” home of Lapland’s ... More

A £300,000 (US$490,000, €378,000) pot is being made available by the UK government to fund museum exchanges between China and Great Britain. The move is ... More

VisitBritain has welcomed chancellor George Osborne’s plan to refund the cost of up to 25,000 visas for Chinese tourists, describing it as the ‘perfect catalyst’ ... More

The IHG-operated Changbai Mountain International Hot Spring Resort will open in 2015 in China’s largest nature reserve near the Korean border, home to the rare ... More

Chinese tourists have shed some light on the type of hotels they value in the UK, with visitors numbers from the Middle Kingdom having doubled ... More

Leisure and hospitality industries in the UK could continue to lose ground on France and Germany in attracting high-spending Chinese tourists unless the UK government ... More

The UK is to be marketed to affluent Chinese tourists thanks to a partnership signed between VisitBritain and China UnionPay International (CUP). The agreement will ... More

The UK’s complex visa system could be deterring thousands of Chinese tourists, according to a new study. Hotels.com surveyed 3,000 Chinese residents and discovered that ... More