China's outbound travelers are expected to hit record high by reaching 6 million during the Spring Festival holiday, showed statistics from the World Tourism Organization, indicating that China has continued to be the biggest travel source market in the world.
China's outbound travelers in 2015 have amounted to 120 million. Since 2014, it has been growing as a tourism source market with "double digit growth" every year, said the report. Meanwhile, China's inbound travelers have posted gains for the first time in three years. Statistics showed that China has seen over 4.1 billion domestic and overseas travelers in 2015, with total tourism revenues surpassing 4 trillion yuan, up 10 percent and 12 percent respectively.
In 2016, online booking of tourism items, especially booking via mobile phones, has been popular among travelers. Statistics from Ctrip.com showed that 50 percent travelers choose to place an order via mobile phone APP during the Spring Festival holiday in 2016, double the figure recorded in the same period of 2015.
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