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China Airports; Appreciably Better in July

by Ian Robinson|21 August 202421 August 2024| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

After the disappointments of May and June the July results for China's international airports make much better reading. International Passengers .....

Chinese Spending in Macau Hits Record Heights In Q1

by Jane Robinson|06 June 202406 June 2024| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

In Q1 of this year spending on shopping by 6.3 million Chinese visitors to Macau, and visitors include both overnight and day visitors arriving by a.....

Chinese Visitors Desert Taiwan

by Jane Robinson|18 March 202418 March 2024| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

With the latest official visitor numbers to Taiwan showing mainland Chinese tourists 87% lower than they were pre-pandemic today’s Air4casts bul.....

Forecast Update: March 2024

by Ian Robinson|08 March 202408 March 2024| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

The latest forecasts have today been uploaded to client sites. The Chinese appetite for domestic travel over the Lunar New Year holiday has hit a n.....

Year of the Dragon Breaks all Hainan Records

by Emma Robinson|02 February 202402 February 2024| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

The best Chinese New Year since records began is the message from Hainan’s biggest airport, Haikou Meilan. Passenger numbers at the airport this.....

Female Chinese Shoppers Return to South Korea

by Sarah Robinson|20 July 202320 July 2023| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

This was certainly the case in May where the latest inbound visitor numbers show a clear return in both Chinese and Japanese visitors to the pre-pande.....

The Luxury Shopper 2023 : Premium Chinese Travellers

by Ian Robinson|28 June 202328 June 2023| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Next month the number of international, passengers holding premium class tickets, that is Business or First, and departing from airports on the Chines.....

The Chinese Shopper in Hong Kong

by Sarah Robinson|04 May 202304 May 2023| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Mainland Chinese visitors to Hong Kong soared to almost 2 million in March and that surge is bringing major demographic changes to the Chinese visitor.....

Chinese Travel Surges to Hainan and Macau

by Sarah Robinson|27 April 202327 April 2023| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

The Air4casts’ ChinaDomestic module is today reporting a major Chinese traveller increase to both key tourist destinations. Inbound.....

Hainan Island Visitors Soar almost 25% over 2019

by Susan Kennedy|28 March 202328 March 2023| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Uploaded today to the China Domestic module on client sites, the January and February Hainan tourist numbers are up almost a quarter on the same .....

February Actuals - China Starts to Lift

by Ian Robinson|15 March 202315 March 2023| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

409 international airports have now declared their February, obviously a shorter month, actuals, which poses questions on three levels: W.....

Macau Bounces Back with a Roar

by Sarah Robinson|01 March 202301 March 2023| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

A dramatic reversal of fortune took place in Macau in January. Visitors from the Chinese mainland more than tripled compared with .....

Tracking the Chinese Traveller

by Emma Robinson|15 February 202315 February 2023| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

With Chinese outbound travel gaining strength Air4casts will, over the coming weeks, analyse each of the key Chinese destination markets. .....

Changes in China Policy: Daily International Flights

by Jane Robinson|24 November 202224 November 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Continuing this week’s Air4casts is reporting on five important traffic indicators with the third in the series: Daily Domestic Travel - Read.....

Changes in China Policy: Hong Kong Flight Schedules

by Ian Robinson|23 November 202223 November 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

This week Air4casts is reporting on five important traffic indicators: #1 to Watch; Daily Domestic Travel - Yesterday #2 to Watch; Hong Kong Flight .....

Hainan and Macau Beat the Golden Week Trend

by Jane Robinson|13 October 202213 October 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

While many regions in China experienced muted domestic air travel levels last week there is better news from both Hainan and Macau. Overa.....

Hong Kong Gears Up for Travel Surge

by Jane Robinson|03 October 202203 October 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

With mandatory hotel quarantine for arrivals to Hong Kong now a thing of the past today’s Air4casts bulletin examines the fast moving changes to.....

Is China on the Rebound?

by Ian Robinson|03 October 202203 October 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Data, published Friday last, produces some very welcome positives. Daily Flights - end September numbers show flight departure.....

Japan’s Changing Airport Nationality Mix

by Sarah Robinson|02 October 202202 October 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

From 11 October foreign tourists will again be able to visit Japan without a visa and without using a travel agency. Today’s Air4casts bulletin .....

Asia/Pacific April International Recovery Index

by Sarah Robinson|30 May 202230 May 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Hard evidence for an international recovery across airports in Asia/Pacific is growing monthly. The market is two-speed: ✓ in the .....

Top 2021 China Domestic Airport Rankings

by Jane Robinson|31 March 202231 March 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

With so much focus in Travel Retail on the domestic airports in China, Air4casts’ Chart of the Day lists the top 20 airports in mainland China r.....

Hainan Sales Roared Ahead in February

by Jane Robinson|29 March 202229 March 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

February’s Hainan retail sales soared again with help from the key Lunar New Year travel surge. While the March performance is likely to.....

Chinese Domestics in Freefall

by Emma Robinson|16 March 202216 March 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

No China watcher can have missed the recent and rapid rise in Covid cases: 5280 at the March 15 count. &.....

The China Forecast Options: International Passengers

by Ian Robinson|11 February 202211 February 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

It may just be that the Winter Olympics have brought to the forefront of minds the timing of any relaxation in the restrictions on China International.....

Hainan Year of the Tiger

by Sarah Robinson|02 February 202202 February 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Hainan’s biggest airport has just achieved its highest weekly PAX number in six months. Haikou Meilan airport’s passenger cou.....

Haikou Airport Weekly Report

by Jane Robinson|18 October 202118 October 2021| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

The latest data reported from Haikou airport is now available to subscribers through their respective websites. The numbers are not enc.....

Hainan October Recovery Challenge

by Jane Robinson|13 October 202113 October 2021| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

The Chinese holiday season means that, today, Air4casts is able to report on two weeks of air passenger traffic data from .....

Hainan Cosmetic Sales Double Again

by Jane Robinson|23 June 202123 June 2021| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Released today by the Hainan Provincial government are the island’s May retail sales by category as well as the tourist performance for the .....