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The Hainan Liquor Forecast
Tracking the resort’s liquor sales pre and post Covid raises the question which way for the 2024/2025 time span?
The history sh.....
The Affluent Chinese Traveller Survey
Back after the Covid years, the Air4casts quarterly rolling survey of 1000 affluent Chinese travellers returned in full in Quarter 4 of last year to t.....
Year of the Dragon Breaks all Hainan Records
The best Chinese New Year since records began is the message from Hainan’s biggest airport, Haikou Meilan. Passenger numbers at the airport this.....
Female Chinese Shoppers Return to South Korea
This was certainly the case in May where the latest inbound visitor numbers show a clear return in both Chinese and Japanese visitors to the pre-pande.....
China and the USA: Premium/Luxury Travel in July
Premium travel is massively lower than it should be, is obviously disproportionally down on the comparable month in 2019 and is not to be explained in.....
The Luxury Traveller: South Koreans Spend Most
According to a recent study by Morgan Stanley South Koreans are now the world’s biggest spenders on luxury goods.
The inv.....
The Chinese Shopper in Hong Kong
Mainland Chinese visitors to Hong Kong soared to almost 2 million in March and that surge is bringing major demographic changes to the Chinese visitor.....
Hainan Island Visitors Soar almost 25% over 2019
Uploaded today to the China Domestic module on client sites, the January and February Hainan tourist numbers are up almost a quarter on the same .....
Changing Traveller Demographics
Outbound air travellers in many countries are exhibiting significant demographic changes compared to pre-pandemic 2019.
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Hainan’s June Sales Race Ahead
After a Spring of Covid related difficulties Hainan’s offshore sales moved comfortably ahead of May last month, making June the third most succe.....
Hainan’s Retail Sales Back on Track
Whilst Hainan Island’s tourism business was deeply affected by the recent Covid lockdowns, retail sales just published for May show real signs o.....
Hainan Sales Roared Ahead in February
February’s Hainan retail sales soared again with help from the key Lunar New Year travel surge. While the March performance is likely to.....
Hainan October Recovery Challenge
The Chinese holiday season means that, today, Air4casts is able to report on two weeks of air passenger traffic data from .....
Alcohol Sales Increase by 87% Points
Retail sales in July demonstrated excellent yoy growth. Sales of Alcohol and Tobacco increased 87% points compared with July 2020 and mobile phone.....
Hainan’s April Sales Up 49% with Tourists Up 135%
Hainan Island’s total retail sales, domestic and duty free, hit USD 3 billion last month, up by almost a half on April 2020 according to the.....
Chart of the Day from Hainan
Today’s report contains the November retail sales data by category from Hainan Island. Which category increased by an incredible 243% points.....
Tourists Top 9 Million and Cosmetics Sales Soar
The Hainan provincial government’s monthly report for October highlights the extent of the island’s emergence as the key.....
Hainan September Sales by Category
With Hainan Island’s Duty Free sales topping USD 1.63 billion from 1st July to 19 October, today’s Air4casts bulletin examines the drivers.....
August Air Traffic
Today's Air4casts bulletin reports on some good news for international air travel in August and early September. The data comes directly from the .....