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Hainan Year of the Rabbit Travel Just 13% Below 2019…and Catching up Fast

by Jane Robinson|20 January 202320 January 2023| GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu, Weibo, WeChat,

Last week’s data from Hainan’s biggest airport show passenger numbers soaring past half a million in the crucial run-up to Chinese New Yea.....

China’s Domestic Travel Takes Off

by Sarah Robinson|18 January 202318 January 2023| GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu, Weibo, WeChat,

What a difference a week makes. While international air travel out of China has remained quiet since the 8th January Covid rules relaxation, dom.....

Hainan Now in Real Recovery Mode

by Emma Robinson|16 December 202216 December 2022| GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu, Weibo, WeChat,

Subscribers to the Air4casts ChinaDomestic module are avid watchers of our weekly air passenger numbers from the island’s biggest airport, Haiko.....

Changes in China Policy; Watch Out for Five Indicators

by Ian Robinson|22 November 202222 November 2022| GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu, Weibo, WeChat,

For the next four days Air4casts will be exploring five important traffic indicators which, taken together and separately, may be interpreted as indic.....

China’s Domestic Air Traffic Down 40%

by Sarah Robinson|02 September 202202 September 2022| GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu, Weibo, WeChat,

After an encouraging July upswing in domestic air travel on mainland China, August proved problematical. Once again the Chinese governmen.....

Which Way China Travel?

by Sarah Robinson|05 May 202205 May 2022| GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu, Weibo, WeChat,

A week is a long time in the China domestic travel business. In the week before Labour Day holiday it seemed entirely possible that in the week fol.....

Chinese Domestics in Freefall

by Emma Robinson|16 March 202216 March 2022| GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu, Weibo, WeChat,

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

Alcohol Sales Increase by 87% Points

by Jane Robinson|27 August 202127 August 2021| GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu, Weibo, WeChat,

Retail sales in July demonstrated excellent yoy growth. Sales of Alcohol and Tobacco increased 87% points compared with July 2020 and mobile phone.....

Haikou Meilan Update

by Susan Kennedy|20 August 202120 August 2021| GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu, Weibo, WeChat,

This week’s Hainan report has been updated with the Haikou Meilan airport passenger data for the week ended Wednesday 18 August 2021. .....

The Weekly China Report

by Jane Robinson|23 July 202123 July 2021| GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu, Weibo, WeChat,

This week’s Hainan report has been updated with the latest weekly Haikou Meilan airport passenger data for the week ended Wednesday 21 July .....

Hainan and Its Best Seven Days

by Ian Robinson|29 September 202029 September 2020| GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu, Weibo, WeChat,

Hainan Island’s largest airport, Haikou Meilan, last week had its best 7 days since the start of the pandemic. These latest weekly passenger num.....

The Hainan Misconception

by Sarah Robinson|03 September 202003 September 2020| GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu, Weibo, WeChat,

It is sometimes assumed by Travel Retail executives that the bulk of visitors to Hainan Island arrive by air. This is a misconception. Hain.....

China Daily; May Data Confirms the Recovery

by Ian Robinson|21 May 202021 May 2020| GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu, Weibo, WeChat,

The latest passenger numbers, for 12 May and principally domestic passengers, show that the recovery is continuing even after the excitement of the ho.....

China Recovery Watch; May Day Recovery Good News

by Emma Robinson|27 April 202027 April 2020| GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu, Weibo, WeChat,

Data just released by Ctrip confirms the expected/hoped for boost in travel demand. It goes without saying that the continuing limita.....

China Recovery Watching

by Sarah Robinson|19 April 202019 April 2020| GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu, Weibo, WeChat,

Today's Air4casts bulletin analyses the domestic and international March airport passenger counts from China's top airports. .....

China Domestic Recovery Watch; Hotel Occupancy

by Emma Robinson|17 April 202017 April 2020| GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu, Weibo, WeChat,

Hotel occupancy rates are one of the best available weekly indicators of any recovery in Chinese domestic travel and this summary provides an invaluab.....

One Step Forwards, Another Step Backwards

by Ian Robinson|07 April 202007 April 2020| GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu, Weibo, WeChat,

With today’s May nowcast showing an almost 94% reduction in international air passenger traffic versus last year, today’s Air4casts bullet.....

China Domestic Recovery Underway

by Jane Robinson|31 March 202031 March 2020| GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu, Weibo, WeChat,

With most of the world’s international air network now in lockdown, latest April forecast is -92% after Turkey and Russia stopped international .....

China: Domestic Routes Will Lead the Recovery

by Ian Robinson|24 March 202024 March 2020| GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu, Weibo, WeChat,

For the past two months Air4casts has measured the effect of all the travel restrictions, flight cancellations and border closures on the internationa.....

Mixed Chinese Travel Messages in the Final Quarter of 2019

by Jane Robinson|13 January 202013 January 2020| GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu, Weibo, WeChat,

Today's client exclusive analysis focuses on the striking Chinese destination performance extremes now in evidence for the final.....