Southeast Asian countries are more than happy to see Chinese tourists coming back again. Recently, China has continuously optimized and adjusted its epidemic prevention policies and orderly resumed its citizens’ outbound tourism. The first batch of Chinese tourists have successively arrived in many countries and regions around the world. According to Ctrip data, from December 27, 2022 to January 11, 2023, Thailand has become the first in the cross-border travel orders for the Spring Festival holiday. In addition to Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Cambodia and other Southeast Asian countries have welcomed the return of Chinese tourists.
The number of outbound travel inquiries has soared, and the number of groups has increased
China has always been one of the most important outbound tourism consumers in the world. The gradual return of Chinese tourists will add confidence to the economic recovery of the Asia-Pacific region, especially the Southeast Asian countries with tourism as the pillar, and will strongly promote the global tourism recovery. Singapore insiders also said that the orderly resumption of outbound tourism by Chinese citizens in China could promote Chinese tourists to return to Singapore for sightseeing and boost local consumption, which is estimated to create a retail sales of 2 billion Singapore dollars in the whole year.
Recently, the number of outbound travel inquiries has soared, and the number of groups has also increased. However, there is still a certain gap with 2019. Many tourists prefer to travel to Southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Cambodia.In fact, it’s mostly about the friendliness of these countries’ policies, the speed of handling entry formalities and the restoration of routes.
Among them, Thailand is very friendly to Chinese tourists. Even the Deputy Prime Minister went to the airport to meet Chinese tourists.
Summer vacation will become the peak of outbound travel
In spite of the significant recovery, the demand for outbound tourism won’t reach the peak in a short period of time. There are several reasons for that. Firstly, due to visa restrictions; Secondly, the restrictions on epidemic prevention measures in some countries. Lastly, the high ticket prices. Many people are still in a wait-and-see state, and are more cautious about long-distance travel.
Generally speaking, the national tourism peak is the summer vacation and the golden week of May Day and National Day. This year’s outbound tourism peak will appear in the summer vacation. Qunar Big Data Research Institute also predicted: after the flight season changes at the end of March, the flight volume will have a significant recovery. After that, the ticket price will gradually fall back to a reasonable range. With the recovery of the airline’s operating capacity, the summer of 2023 may usher in an entry-exit peak.
Southeast Asian tour guides practice Chinese to welcome Chinese tourists
At present, travel agencies also face the shortage of tour guides and other tourism practitioners around the world. In recent years, the tourism industry goes down. Many tour guides have lost their jobs, and many have even changed careers. However, some tour guides are very positive and optimistic. Many tour guides from Thailand, Malaysia and other Southeast Asian countries have practiced Chinese frequently. Eventually, their efforts will benefit them at the reception of Chinese tourists. They hope to better serve Chinese tourists.
At noon on January 18 local time, China Capital Airlines flight JD455 landed smoothly at the Maldivian Verana International Airport. During the taxiing process of the passenger plane, the Maldives government specially arranged fire engines to spray huge water jets on both sides to warmly welcome the arrival of Chinese tourists with a water gate ceremony.
The arrival of a large number of Chinese tourists can help restore the employment rate in Southeast Asian countries. In particular, countries with developed tourism such as Thailand.
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