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Chinese tourism to Australia drops dramatically compared to pre-COVID
In February, the first full month since China's border reopened, Australia recorded 40,430 short-term visitors from China, Australian Bureau of Statistics data showed.
China Approved Destination Status (ADS) scheme
China's ADS scheme has reopened. This follows the Chinese Government's announcement on 10 August 2023 that Australia was again included on a list of countries for the scheme. Austrade manages the ADS scheme in Australia with the Department of Home Affairs and Tourism Australia. We look forward to welcoming the return of Chinese group tours ...
Come and Say G'day launches in China
Tourism Australia's global campaign, Come and Say G'day, has officially launched in China to remind Australia's number one tourism market why There's Nothing Like Australia and to encourage more Chinese travellers to plan and book an Australian holiday. Come and Say G'day has been running in Tourism Australia's key markets around the world since October 2022, with the exception of ...
Great shortfall of China: Australia's biggest tourism market returns
In February, the first full month since China's border reopened, Australia recorded 40,430 short-term visitors from China, government data showed.
Australia's battered tourism puts hope in China's reopening
7 Jan 2023. Sydney, Australia - CBT Holidays, a Sydney-based tour company, hopes the reopening of China's borders will revive Australia's tourism sector after a year of "surviving". The ...
Spotlight on China
The China Australia tourism relationship is widely respected and has been built over many years by so many in the industry. The people to people connection cannot be underestimated and will enable a faster return to market in the future. Reaching out to the trade in China to say G'Day is the easiest way to foster and build this bilateral ...
Australia set to welcome back Chinese group tours
Australia remains a premium tourism destination for Chinese travellers, and we are looking forward to welcoming back group tours. Today's announcement follows the recent launch in China of Tourism Australia's successful $125 million Come and Say G'Day campaign. The campaign kicked off on 29 June in China, and is already proving to be a ...
Chinese tourists to resume group travel to Australia in latest thawing
Travel from China to Australia has significantly increased throughout 2023. At the beginning of the year, there were just three or four return flights between the mainland and Sydney airport each ...
Tourism Australia: Chinese tourists tipped to return as visa
Tourism Australia in June launched its global "Come and Say G'day" campaign, featuring a mascot called Ruby the Kangaroo, in China. Michael Smith is the North Asia correspondent for The ...
Chinese tourism to Australia still in the doldrums after pandemic
Tourism Australia figures show 102,000 Chinese holidaymakers visited Australia in September 2023. Four years earlier, the number was 688,000 in the same month. "I think there's a few reasons ...
Working in Market: China
Tourism Australia China relaunched the KDP program in 2024. The new iteration of the program has been revised based on current insights and trends. Based on the new criteria, Tourism Australia, DFAT and STOs have jointly confirmed 40 China outbound travel agencies.
China country brief
China is Australia's largest two-way trading partner, accounting for 26 per cent of our goods and services trade with the world in FY2022-23. Two-way trade with China increased 12 per cent in FY2022-23, totalling $316.9 billion. Our goods and services exports to China totalled $203.5 billion in 2022-23, up 13 per cent compared to FY2021-22.
China is open for tourism, but no one is coming
As China's economy struggles to revive after the pandemic, outbound tourism is also muted. At its peak, 1.4 million Chinese tourists spent $2.1 billion in Australia in 2019. Even though China ...
Tourism Australia appoints China chief; Chinese visitors to Japan to
Tourism Australia names general manager for China market (in Chinese) Tourism Australia announced the appointment of Nick Henderson as its General Manager for China. Henderson will take up his new position in January 2024, based in Shanghai. He will report to Andrew Hogg, the Executive General Manager for Eastern Hemisphere Markets and ...
China Travel Advice & Safety
Be careful with both wild and domestic animals in China. Wash your hands carefully and regularly. Take other hygiene precautions. High pollution levels are a problem in major cities. Follow the advice from local authorities on days with harmful pollution. Full travel advice: Health.
The real story behind the "boom" in Chinese tourism to Australia
The holiday/pleasure segment of Australian-Chinese tourism is causing concern. AAP Segmentation. In 2010, some 21% of Chinese visitors to Australia came for educational purposes, but accounted for ...
Interview: Australia hopes China to be its top tourism market again
In 2019, China was already the top market in Australia's international tourism sector, with 1.4 million Chinese tourists visiting Australia each year, Harrison said, adding that the number of Chinese tourists has increased month by month and returned to about 45 percent of pre-pandemic levels in November last year.
Travel between China and Australia tipped to rebound rapidly as Chinese
Tourism Australia said China was Australia's biggest source of visitors in pre-Covid times, with 1.4 million people spending $12.4bn a year. For Sydney airport, three airlines - China Southern ...
Australian Tourism Offices in China
South Australian Tourism Commission Suite 5205, Wheelock Square, 1717 West Nanjing Road, Shanghai 200040, China Tel: +86 21 6010 3955 Fax: +86 21 6010 3989 Website: cn.southaustralia.com Weibo: @南澳大利亚旅游局 Wechat: South_Australia. Tourism Victoria Room 308, Shanghai Center , 1376 Nanjin Road West , Shanghai 200040, P.R. China
Before the pandemic, China was Australia's top tourism market. Qantas still flies to Hong Kong from Sydney and Melbourne, and has partnerships with other airlines for onwards travel within ...
Market Regions: Greater China
In Greater China, Tourism Australia focuses its activities in China and Hong Kong. Activities are managed from Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Chengdu and Hong Kong. ... Tourism Australia produces a range of industry, media and special interest newsletters. Keep up to date and subscribe to the newsletters you would like to receive via email.
Qantas' travel shake-up: China route dumped and new flights ...
Qantas' travel shake-up: China route dumped and new flights revealed International flight numbers to and from China are down, leading to a route shake-up at Australia's national flag carrier.
Australia Pauses China Working Holiday Visas Ahead of Reforms
May 14, 2024 at 7:28 PM PDT. Listen. 1:07. Australia has suspended its working holiday visa program for Chinese citizens, ahead of changes which will see applicants from certain countries compete ...
Why Qantas is axing its only flights direct to mainland China
The airline said it will continue to monitor the Australia-China market closely and reinstate the flights once the market has fully recovered. Customers booked to travel on Shanghai flights from ...
Domestic tourism soars in China but foreigners stay away
Yet a key exception is emerging in the form of domestic tourism. Last week's five-day public holiday to mark labour day saw 295 million trips made within China, according to figures from the ...
Australian government quietly suspends new working holiday visa
Nathan Que quit his job in China and waited 10 months for a chance to come to Australia for a once-in-a-lifetime working holiday. But now he feels "cheated" by the government, along with tens of ...
Big drop in economy airfares revealed
In newly released data, the Australian travel agency revealed the average price of an international economy airfare sold in Australia has dropped 12.8 per cent. Figures show trips to Indonesia are ...
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In February, the first full month since China's border reopened, Australia recorded 40,430 short-term visitors from China, Australian Bureau of Statistics data showed.
China's ADS scheme has reopened. This follows the Chinese Government's announcement on 10 August 2023 that Australia was again included on a list of countries for the scheme. Austrade manages the ADS scheme in Australia with the Department of Home Affairs and Tourism Australia. We look forward to welcoming the return of Chinese group tours ...
Tourism Australia's global campaign, Come and Say G'day, has officially launched in China to remind Australia's number one tourism market why There's Nothing Like Australia and to encourage more Chinese travellers to plan and book an Australian holiday. Come and Say G'day has been running in Tourism Australia's key markets around the world since October 2022, with the exception of ...
In February, the first full month since China's border reopened, Australia recorded 40,430 short-term visitors from China, government data showed.
7 Jan 2023. Sydney, Australia - CBT Holidays, a Sydney-based tour company, hopes the reopening of China's borders will revive Australia's tourism sector after a year of "surviving". The ...
The China Australia tourism relationship is widely respected and has been built over many years by so many in the industry. The people to people connection cannot be underestimated and will enable a faster return to market in the future. Reaching out to the trade in China to say G'Day is the easiest way to foster and build this bilateral ...
Australia remains a premium tourism destination for Chinese travellers, and we are looking forward to welcoming back group tours. Today's announcement follows the recent launch in China of Tourism Australia's successful $125 million Come and Say G'Day campaign. The campaign kicked off on 29 June in China, and is already proving to be a ...
Travel from China to Australia has significantly increased throughout 2023. At the beginning of the year, there were just three or four return flights between the mainland and Sydney airport each ...
Tourism Australia in June launched its global "Come and Say G'day" campaign, featuring a mascot called Ruby the Kangaroo, in China. Michael Smith is the North Asia correspondent for The ...
Tourism Australia figures show 102,000 Chinese holidaymakers visited Australia in September 2023. Four years earlier, the number was 688,000 in the same month. "I think there's a few reasons ...
Tourism Australia China relaunched the KDP program in 2024. The new iteration of the program has been revised based on current insights and trends. Based on the new criteria, Tourism Australia, DFAT and STOs have jointly confirmed 40 China outbound travel agencies.
China is Australia's largest two-way trading partner, accounting for 26 per cent of our goods and services trade with the world in FY2022-23. Two-way trade with China increased 12 per cent in FY2022-23, totalling $316.9 billion. Our goods and services exports to China totalled $203.5 billion in 2022-23, up 13 per cent compared to FY2021-22.
As China's economy struggles to revive after the pandemic, outbound tourism is also muted. At its peak, 1.4 million Chinese tourists spent $2.1 billion in Australia in 2019. Even though China ...
Tourism Australia names general manager for China market (in Chinese) Tourism Australia announced the appointment of Nick Henderson as its General Manager for China. Henderson will take up his new position in January 2024, based in Shanghai. He will report to Andrew Hogg, the Executive General Manager for Eastern Hemisphere Markets and ...
Be careful with both wild and domestic animals in China. Wash your hands carefully and regularly. Take other hygiene precautions. High pollution levels are a problem in major cities. Follow the advice from local authorities on days with harmful pollution. Full travel advice: Health.
The holiday/pleasure segment of Australian-Chinese tourism is causing concern. AAP Segmentation. In 2010, some 21% of Chinese visitors to Australia came for educational purposes, but accounted for ...
In 2019, China was already the top market in Australia's international tourism sector, with 1.4 million Chinese tourists visiting Australia each year, Harrison said, adding that the number of Chinese tourists has increased month by month and returned to about 45 percent of pre-pandemic levels in November last year.
Tourism Australia said China was Australia's biggest source of visitors in pre-Covid times, with 1.4 million people spending $12.4bn a year. For Sydney airport, three airlines - China Southern ...
South Australian Tourism Commission Suite 5205, Wheelock Square, 1717 West Nanjing Road, Shanghai 200040, China Tel: +86 21 6010 3955 Fax: +86 21 6010 3989 Website: cn.southaustralia.com Weibo: @南澳大利亚旅游局 Wechat: South_Australia. Tourism Victoria Room 308, Shanghai Center , 1376 Nanjin Road West , Shanghai 200040, P.R. China
Before the pandemic, China was Australia's top tourism market. Qantas still flies to Hong Kong from Sydney and Melbourne, and has partnerships with other airlines for onwards travel within ...
In Greater China, Tourism Australia focuses its activities in China and Hong Kong. Activities are managed from Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Chengdu and Hong Kong. ... Tourism Australia produces a range of industry, media and special interest newsletters. Keep up to date and subscribe to the newsletters you would like to receive via email.
Qantas' travel shake-up: China route dumped and new flights revealed International flight numbers to and from China are down, leading to a route shake-up at Australia's national flag carrier.
May 14, 2024 at 7:28 PM PDT. Listen. 1:07. Australia has suspended its working holiday visa program for Chinese citizens, ahead of changes which will see applicants from certain countries compete ...
The airline said it will continue to monitor the Australia-China market closely and reinstate the flights once the market has fully recovered. Customers booked to travel on Shanghai flights from ...
Yet a key exception is emerging in the form of domestic tourism. Last week's five-day public holiday to mark labour day saw 295 million trips made within China, according to figures from the ...
Nathan Que quit his job in China and waited 10 months for a chance to come to Australia for a once-in-a-lifetime working holiday. But now he feels "cheated" by the government, along with tens of ...
In newly released data, the Australian travel agency revealed the average price of an international economy airfare sold in Australia has dropped 12.8 per cent. Figures show trips to Indonesia are ...