Chinese travelers are canceling plans to visit Thailand during the Lunar New Year holiday, as fears over human trafficking reverberate across the country.
Chinese travelers are canceling plans to visit Thailand during the Lunar New Year break, as concerns over the kidnapping of actor Wang Xing continue to reverberate through the country.
Chinese travelers are canceling plans to visit Thailand during the Lunar New Year holiday, as concerns over the kidnapping of actor Wang Xing continue to reverberate through the country.Net booking volume for trips to Thailand fell 15.6% from Jan. 13 to Jan. 20 from the previous week, after news of the rescue of Wang from a scamming compound along the Thai-Myanmar border this month, according to the marketing agency China Trading Desk.
Chinese travelers' reluctance to visit Southeast Asia may be benefitting other destinations, said Yang Lei, analyst at the Hong Kong-based financial services company China Galaxy International."Currently, Chinese people are becoming more cautious to go to Thailand and also some other Southeast countries," she told CNBC's"" Monday."The hot locations for outbound will continue to be Japan South Korea.
However, Japan — a top destination for outbound Chinese travelers this Lunar New Year – isn't expected to see a full recovery of holiday visitors from China, with data showing arrivals will still be down 10% from 2019.
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