Promise to all first place overall, China will soon add a line to his list. From 2013, spending by Chinese tourists will exceed those of the Japanese in 2020, they will be shoulder to shoulder with the Americans, the current leader.
A recent study by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), the expenditure of the Chinese during their travel in their country and worldwide will grow 14% annually to reach 898 billion dollars (638 billion euros) in ten years. In other words, China is poised to become the second largest market for travel agencies, and will overtake the U.S. in recent years.Rising incomes and the desire to travel are such that each year 25 million Chinese will go sightseeing for the first time in ten years
These expenditures will cover half the cost of travel themselves, and half of various purchases including luxury goods. It's rather good news for France all that travelers do not buy only for themselves but for their knowledge. Indeed, more than half of them would leave with a shopping list.
These travelers from mainland China but also Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao in 2020 will represent a quarter of tourists landing in Japan or South Korea.In Europe, the arrivals will be multiplied by four, but Asia is still a preferred destination.
This desire to discover the planet has been anticipated by the national tourist boards who scrambled at the last international fair in Shanghai. If the flag of France was busy, that Denmark has created the event. It hosted the Little Mermaid in Copenhagen, which for the first time leaving his country. The game is worth it: 100 million Chinese tourists are expected worldwide by 2020 against 5.5 million now. If the United States, Australia, and Japan – the study was conducted before the catastrophic cir March 11 – are the three destinations, France is ranked fifth behind Thailand but ahead of all other European countries . Paris and shops have not lost their power of attraction.