Chinese Tourists to Canada Now Fourth Largest Group
Canada should be doing MUCH MUCH more to attract Chinese tourists. China is set to become both the biggest tourist destination and source of tourists going abroad within 5 years, according to international tourism analysts.
From the G & M: China has now overtaken Australia as the fourth-largest overseas market for visitors to Canada behind the U.K., France and Germany. In the first five months of 2012, residents from China made 115,200 trips to Canada, a 22.9 per cent increase from the same period in 2011.
With its relatively strong economic growth that has created a new class of wealthy travellers among its 1.3 billion citizens, China is now one of the world’s most influential markets for international tourists. More than 77 million Chinese travellers are expected to take a trip overseas this year and Western countries are aggressively courting their business.