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Hong Kong: Heading in the Wrong Direction

by Ian Robinson|23 May 202423 May 2024| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

In November last year HKG hit the 75% recovery mark; it had been growing steadily if not hugely since a modest turning point in August. But since the .....

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.....

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.....

The China International Recovery; January Latest

by Sarah Robinson|23 January 202323 January 2023| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

The recovery is happening but is best described as restrained. Departing Flights to Sunday 22 January The latest data for internatio.....

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.....

Changing Traveller Demographics

by Jane Robinson|21 September 202221 September 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Outbound air travellers in many countries are exhibiting significant demographic changes compared to pre-pandemic 2019. Today&rsqu.....

Alcohol Sales Increase by 87% Points

by Jane Robinson|27 August 202127 August 2021| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

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

Chinese Air PAX up 745% in 15 Days

by Sarah Robinson|02 March 202102 March 2021| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

What a difference two weeks makes. On 12th February China’s airports handled just 162 thousand passengers, a decrease of 90% points on the l.....

Hainan: Impressive July Performance

by Emma Robinson|16 July 202016 July 2020| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

With Hainan Island’s duty free shopping spend in the first week of July reaching USD 64 million, Air4casts examines the latest July travel trend.....

China Recovery Watching

by Sarah Robinson|19 April 202019 April 2020| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

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| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

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| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

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| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

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| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

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

COVID-19; Today’s Airport Passenger Updates

by Sarah Robinson|11 March 202011 March 2020| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Today’s Coronavirus briefing focuses on two crucial crisis data strands ✓ hard February airport passenger data and ✓ the Chine.....

Coronavirus and the Chinese Traveller Forecast

by Sarah Robinson|24 January 202024 January 2020| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Air4casts has today revised its China passenger forecasts for the month of February based on the scantest of hard data. In summar.....