{"id":777011295,"date":"2023-11-21T06:43:25","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T09:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777011295"},"modified":"2026-04-22T15:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T18:24:16","slug":"trip-com-reports-rise-in-searches-for-travel-to-china-in-q3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/trip-com-reports-rise-in-searches-for-travel-to-china-in-q3","title":{"rendered":"Trip.com reports rise in searches for travel to China in Q3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Global search results for China inbound travel were up by nearly 40 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>China.- The online travel agency Trip.com has reported a growth of nearly 40 per cent in global search results for travel to China in the third quarter of 2023.\u00a0It says flight bookings rose by 98 per cent in October, but that is not surprising considering that China&#8217;s borders remained closed last year. The data excludes Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trip.com attributes the growth to China opening its borders,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/china-issues-18-6m-travel-visas-to-hk-macau-taiwan-in-2-months\" target=\"_blank\">simplifying the visa application process<\/a>, and eliminating the Entry Health Declaration Card requirement for inbound arrivals. The most popular cities for inbound travellers were Shenzhen and Shanghai, followed by Guangzhou, Beijing, Zhuhai, Hangzhou, Foshan, Xiamen, Zhongshan, and Chengdu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for the sources of inbound travellers, Trip.com identified South Korea, the United States of America, Japan, Singapore, Australia, Malaysia, Canada, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and Germany as the top contributors.\u00a0The data also reflects a four-digit growth in visitor numbers for the first ten months of 2023, reaching over 60 per cent of pre-pandemic levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:&nbsp;<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-was-chinas-favourite-outbound-destination-for-h1\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Macau was China\u2019s favourite outbound destination for H1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global search results for China inbound travel were up by nearly 40 per cent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26653,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Trip.com reports a significant increase in global search results for travel to mainland China in Q3 2023, with flight bookings up 98% in October. This surge is attributed to China's border reopening and eased entry requirements, pushing visitor numbers to over 60% of pre-pandemic levels. While the data excludes Macau, this broader recovery in Chinese tourism is a critical indicator for regional gaming and hospitality sectors.","focusai_entities":"Trip.com","focusai_location":"China, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Beijing, Zhuhai, Hangzhou, Foshan, Xiamen, Zhongshan, Chengdu, South Korea, United States of America, Japan, Singapore, Australia, Malaysia, Canada, Thailand, United Kingdom, Germany, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Macau GGR Impact","query":"How might the reported surge in mainland China inbound travel translate into projected GGR growth for Macau's integrated resorts in Q4 2023 and H1 2024, considering the historical correlation between mainland tourism and gaming revenue?"},{"label":"Visa Policy Evolution","query":"What further policy simplifications or visa relaxations, beyond the current measures, could China implement to accelerate inbound tourism to pre-pandemic levels, and what would be the potential impact on regional gaming hubs?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-777011295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777011295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777011295"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777011295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777040927,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777011295\/revisions\/777040927"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777011295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777011295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777011295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}