Chinese tourists spend the most | Bangkok Post: breakingnews

Chinese are top holiday spenders

Published: 28 Jan 2013 at 10.41
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The Chinese have overtaken the Germans as travel kings, as least in terms of the amount of money they spend while on holiday.

"China heads the list of world spending on vacation abroad," said tourist expert Martin Lohmann.

Tourists from China spent a total equivalent of around US$91 billion during travel abroad last year, said Lohmann. His statement was based on initial figures from the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).

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boons
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Discussion 6 : 31 Jan 2013 at 06.256
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This is not per person spending.
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pete
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Discussion 5 : 28 Jan 2013 at 14.215
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“…the amount of money they spend while on holiday”.
“The figure includes both private holidays, short breaks and business trips”.

Nothing adds up here, holidays include business trips?
Both equals 3 kinds of travel?
Double Dutch to me!
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Discussion 4 : 28 Jan 2013 at 12.314
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Yeah, billions, millions, same same, the jorno forgot to use his calculator, Thais and maths... On the other hand, the usefull information would have been to know the nationality of tourists spending the most PER CAPITA, guess it aren't the Chinese, but nowadays any 'news' putting China in a good daylight makes its way to the Thai newspapers, propaganda, or?
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Discussion 3 : 28 Jan 2013 at 12.303
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How about comparing the number of tourists from China and Germany? I suspect the Germans spent considerably more per person.
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Discussion 2 : 28 Jan 2013 at 11.382
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I was waiting for a flight out of LAX when I met this Chinese tourist group The more I spoke with them, the more I realized what great individuals the Chinese people really are. One of the things they told me is how much they had spent on gifts for relatives. Yes, very nice people.
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Discussion 1 : 28 Jan 2013 at 11.261
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91 billion for China vs 88 million for Germany?
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