Rubber Duck
17th June 2014, 10:51 AM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27756464
"Projections are that the 100 million trips taken each year now will double by 2020.
This is with only an estimated 5% of the population holding passports. Though that's already more than the population of Britain.
Still, with 1.3 billion people, there's a lot more potential tourists.
Chinese tourists are already the biggest spenders globally. They outspend the Americans and Germans as well as even the Russians on a per trip basis.
In 2013, Chinese tourists spent over $100 billion (£59.5bn) and they travel to shop."
"Projections are that the 100 million trips taken each year now will double by 2020.
This is with only an estimated 5% of the population holding passports. Though that's already more than the population of Britain.
Still, with 1.3 billion people, there's a lot more potential tourists.
Chinese tourists are already the biggest spenders globally. They outspend the Americans and Germans as well as even the Russians on a per trip basis.
In 2013, Chinese tourists spent over $100 billion (£59.5bn) and they travel to shop."