Cirium: International Travel Resumes This Spring Festival to China’s Top International Markets of Thailand, Japan and South Korea
February 07 2024 - 9:00PM
Business Wire
With the arrival of the Year of the Dragon, China’s travel
sector is expected to deliver a strong performance over the Spring
Festival, particularly on the international front as air capacity
continues to resume, according to leading aviation analytics
company Cirium.
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China's Top International Destinations,
2019 to 2024 (Graphic: Business Wire)
Data from Cirium reveals that China’s top 10 international
destinations have largely returned to pre-pandemic rankings, with
Thailand, Japan and South Korea back at the top three positions
after dipping to pandemic lows in recent years. Other interesting
movements in rankings include the entry of Australia and Macau, and
the absence of the United States and Cambodia since February
2019.
While overall seat capacity on China’s international routes
(non-mainland) are still 27% behind pre-pandemic levels, there are
three bright spots where capacity has surpassed 2019 levels.
Scheduled capacity in February 2024 show Bangkok as the city with
most arrivals from China, but Macau (+8%), Singapore (+6%) and
Tokyo (+2%) show the largest improvements from 2019.
Recent changes in visa requirements, particularly in Southeast
Asia will potentially bolster international travel from China. In
recent months, Thailand has waived visa requirements while Malaysia
will offer 30-day visa-free travel for Chinese citizens. Singapore
has also announced plans for the same, which comes as a timely
boost for Spring Festival travel.
On the domestic front, China’s seat capacity continues to
perform strongly, growing 26% in Feb 2024 against pre-pandemic
levels, fuelled by the addition of flights by China’s big three
airlines, Air China, China Eastern and China Southern, making
Guangzhou (CAN), Shenzhen (SZX) and Beijing (PEK) the busiest
airports in China this Spring Festival.
About Cirium
Cirium is the world’s most trusted source of aviation analytics.
Through powerful data and analytics, coupled with decades of
industry experience, Cirium is enabling airlines, airports, travel
companies, aircraft manufacturers, and financial institutions,
amongst others, to make intelligent and informed decisions that
improve operations, grow revenues, and enhance customer
experiences.
Cirium is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based
analytics and decision tools for professional and business
customers. The shares of RELX PLC are traded on the London,
Amsterdam and New York Stock Exchanges using the following ticker
symbols: London: REL; Amsterdam: REN; New York: RELX.
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