Top 10 overseas destinations for Chinese travellers

As the Chinese middle class continues to grow, more Chinese are eager to travel. For a country that was mostly closed off to the rest of the world for a thousand years, the Chinese are now looking abroad for their holidays.

Ctrip, China’s largest online travel agency, saw bookings for overseas luxury hotels surge nearly 50 percent year-on-year, according to the Ctrip Hotel College Data Research Centre.

Tokyo tops the list of the most popular overseas destinations, with the number of bookings for hotel rooms in the city expanding by nearly 100 percent over the same period last year, according to Ctrip. Phuket, Bangkok and Chiang Mai are also in this year’s Top 10 Chinese destination.

Meanwhile, customer bookings for rooms at child-friendly hotels witnessed significant growth as young families are traveling more.

Let’s take a look at the top 10 overseas destinations that received the largest number of hotel bookings from outbound travelers from the Chinese mainland this summer…

Top 10 overseas destinations for Chinese travellers | News by Thaiger

Sapporo, Japan

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A Japanese noodle shop in Sapporo on Japan’s northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Feb 25, 2018. [Photo/VCG]

Top 10 overseas destinations for Chinese travellers | News by Thaiger

Chiang Mai, Thailand

 

People release floating lanterns during the festival of Yee Peng in the northern capital of Chiang Mai, Thailand, Nov 14, 2016. [Photo/Agencies]

Top 10 overseas destinations for Chinese travellers | News by Thaiger

Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

 

Mantanani island, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. [Photo/VCG]

Top 10 overseas destinations for Chinese travellers | News by Thaiger

Kyoto, Japan

 

Participants in Heian period dress parade through the grounds of Kyoto Imperial Palace during the Aoi Festival on May 15, 2018 in Kyoto, Japan. [Photo/VCG]

Top 10 overseas destinations for Chinese travellers | News by Thaiger

Bali island, Indonesia

 

Uluwatu cliffs, Bali island, Indonesia. [Photo/VCG]

Top 10 overseas destinations for Chinese travellers | News by Thaiger

Bangkok, Thailand

Top 10 overseas destinations for Chinese travellers | News by Thaiger

Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand, Feb 21, 2018. [Photo/VCG]

Top 10 overseas destinations for Chinese travellers | News by Thaiger

Singapore

 

This photograph taken on May 27, 2018 shows people viewing the Marina Bay Sands hotel and resort from the Merlion Park in Singapore. [Photo/VCG]

Top 10 overseas destinations for Chinese travellers | News by Thaiger

Osaka, Japan

 

People walk through a shopping district in Osaka, western Japan October 22, 2017. [Photo/VCG]

Top 10 overseas destinations for Chinese travellers | News by Thaiger

Phuket island, Thailand

 

The sun rises over Chalong Pier, in Phuket, Thailand, on July 8, 2018. [Photo/VCG]

Top 10 overseas destinations for Chinese travellers | News by Thaiger

Tokyo, Japan

 

Kawazu-zakura cherry blossoms in bloom with Tokyo Skytree behind on Feb 22, 2017, in Tokyo, Japan.

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