The sharp increase in the number of Chinese tourists going abroad is particularly explained, according to the director of the academy, Dai Bin, quoted by New China, a more flexible visa policy in the countries of destination.
Approximately 107 million Chinese have made a tourist trip abroad in 2014, an increase of nearly 20% over the previous year, according to a report cited Friday by the official news agency Xinhua.
Chinese tourists have also spent in 2014 more than 146 billion euros, four times more than in 2008, according to the report of the China Tourism Academy, a research group that depends on the National Board Tourism China.
The sharp increase in the number of Chinese tourists going abroad is particularly explained, according to the director of the academy, Dai Bin, quoted by New China, a more flexible visa policy in the countries of destination.
The number of Chinese tourists has exploded over the past 20 years even as the country's economy, the second in the world today.
The report released by New China expects an increase in the number of outbound travelers from 16% in 2015.
