Monday, May 11, 2015

The Daily Stat from Harvard Business Review

  The Daily Stat - Harvard Business Review

May 11, 2015



Crowding at Home Sends Chinese Tourists Abroad


In 2007 China’s central government gave all Chinese employees the right to paid vacations and simultaneously revised the national holiday schedule to reduce crowding at domestic attractions, ease price hikes, and improve service. But many domestic sites remain overcrowded during the official “Golden Weeks” in February and early October, and many Chinese now prefer to go on cruises during those weeks or visit Korea, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam, says a team led by Chao Zhang of Beijing International Studies University. Chinese outbound tourism increased about 40% between 2007 and 2010.






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