Outbound tourism continues to boom

The number of Chinese tourists travelling abroad continues to rise rapidly. The main destination countries recorded an average increase in visitor arrivals from China of nearly a third last year. Outbound travel over the recent Chinese New Year period also appears to have been very strong. Within China, spending during the holiday period was 11% higher than last year, a slightly faster rate of increase than in 2015. All in all, there is nothing in the tourism and holiday spending figures to suggest that households are struggling.