Trips to BRICS increasingly popular
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An increasing number of Chinese tourists are traveling to BRICS countries, according to travel agencies.
Shanghai-based Lvmama.com said bookings to Russia, Brazil, South Africa and India on its website were up 180 percent this year compared to 2016.
About 70 percent were for Russia, while South Africa attracted the fastest growing number of visitors, almost four times more than last year.
“Culture-themed trips to Russia are popular among Chinese tourists,” said Li Qiuyan, head of public relations at Lvmama.
A visa waiver policy as well as more frequent flights have driven the market.
The Belt and Road initiative and increased Chinese consumption are also reasons visits to Russia grew fast, according to a report by the China Tourism Academy and travel agency Ctrip.com.
Meanwhile, South Africa and Brazil have became new favorites. South Africa’s bio-diversity is popular with parents taking their children there for various outdoor activities. Last year, the number of Chinese tourists to South Africa was double that of 2006.
The 2014 World Cup and 2016 Rio Olympic Games drew many Chinese to Brazil. In the first eight months of 2016, the number of Chinese visitors to Brazil grew 150 percent from the previous year.
China, holding the BRICS presidency this year, is to host the ninth BRICS summit in Xiamen next week.
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