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3.7 Million Chinese Citizens Visited Hong Kong in August

by Sarah|02 September 202402 September 2024| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Released today, the August data for the arrival of Chinese citizens into Hong Kong, when compared with 2023, shows a 31% increase in air passengers an.....

China Airports; Appreciably Better in July

by Ian Robinson|21 August 202421 August 2024| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

After the disappointments of May and June the July results for China's international airports make much better reading. International Passengers .....

May Forecast Update

by Ian Robinson|13 May 202413 May 2024| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Two features are important in this most recent forecast update which has been uploaded for clients today. The 2019 Recovery Benchmark .....

Forecast Update: March 2024

by Ian Robinson|08 March 202408 March 2024| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

The latest forecasts have today been uploaded to client sites. The Chinese appetite for domestic travel over the Lunar New Year holiday has hit a n.....

Majority of January Airports ahead of 2019

by Susan Kennedy|22 February 202422 February 2024| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

626 January airports are already on the Air4casts system with their passenger actuals from last month. With over half of them posting results ahead of.....

The Wealthy Chinese and the Chinese Middle Class

by Sarah Robinson|07 September 202307 September 2023| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

The Luxury Shopper Module, previewed here for Cannes 2023, charts the High Net Worth Individuals in China and beyond. The Wealthy 10.5.....

The September Forecast Predictions

by Ian Robinson|06 September 202306 September 2023| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

There remain two areas of uncertainty in the forecast revisions which have been uploaded today. What is Happening in China The rate of.....

China and the USA: Premium/Luxury Travel in July

by Sarah Robinson|07 July 202307 July 2023| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

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.....

Chinese Travel Surges to Hainan and Macau

by Sarah Robinson|27 April 202327 April 2023| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

The Air4casts’ ChinaDomestic module is today reporting a major Chinese traveller increase to both key tourist destinations. Inbound.....

Macau Bounces Back with a Roar

by Sarah Robinson|01 March 202301 March 2023| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

A dramatic reversal of fortune took place in Macau in January. Visitors from the Chinese mainland more than tripled compared with .....

Tracking the Chinese Traveller

by Emma Robinson|15 February 202315 February 2023| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

With Chinese outbound travel gaining strength Air4casts will, over the coming weeks, analyse each of the key Chinese destination markets. .....

Forecast Update February 2023

by Ian Robinson|07 February 202307 February 2023| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Today’s update, and looking primarily at the full year 2024, is hardly different from the projections developed a month ago and when those proje.....

The China International Recovery; January Latest

by Sarah Robinson|23 January 202323 January 2023| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

The recovery is happening but is best described as restrained. Departing Flights to Sunday 22 January The latest data for internatio.....

China’s Domestic Travel Takes Off

by Sarah Robinson|18 January 202318 January 2023| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

What a difference a week makes. While international air travel out of China has remained quiet since the 8th January Covid rules relaxation, dom.....

2023 China Passenger Forecast

by Ian Robinson|16 January 202316 January 2023| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

The first of the monthly updated 2023 forecast sets has today been uploaded to client sites. CHINA FOCUS Necessarily a focus of interest.....

Changes in China Policy: Daily International Flights

by Jane Robinson|24 November 202224 November 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Continuing this week’s Air4casts is reporting on five important traffic indicators with the third in the series: Daily Domestic Travel - Read.....

Two October Setbacks for Travel Retail

by Ian Robinson|07 November 202207 November 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

The last lingering hope that the Communist Party of China might, in the foreseeable future, move towards a more liberal travel policy for its citizens.....

Hainan and Macau Beat the Golden Week Trend

by Jane Robinson|13 October 202213 October 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

While many regions in China experienced muted domestic air travel levels last week there is better news from both Hainan and Macau. Overa.....

Is China on the Rebound?

by Ian Robinson|03 October 202203 October 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Data, published Friday last, produces some very welcome positives. Daily Flights - end September numbers show flight departure.....

The Recovery in Asia/Pacific

by Emma Robinson|26 September 202226 September 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

In the month of August international passenger numbers across all available airports in Asia/Pacific stood at 32% of the August 2019 level, up from 11.....

Great News for Hainan Island as Air Passengers Increase Dramatically

by Sarah Robinson|23 September 202223 September 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Since the latest bout of Covid cases on Hainan Island weekly air passenger arrivals had been in steep decline. The picture for the last 7 days h.....

China’s Domestic Air Traffic Down 40%

by Sarah Robinson|02 September 202202 September 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

After an encouraging July upswing in domestic air travel on mainland China, August proved problematical. Once again the Chinese governmen.....

Singapore Hits 50% of 2019 in June

by Emma Robinson|01 August 202201 August 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

With 1000 airports already on the Air4casts system with June PAX actuals today’s traffic bulletin focuses on the international air travel recove.....

China Domestics: Good Weekend News

by Ian Robinson|04 July 202204 July 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Domestic flight departures this weekend brought more welcome news for China watchers: ✓ Sunday departures jumped by a thousand day to.....

Hainan’s Retail Sales Back on Track

by Sarah Robinson|30 June 202230 June 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Whilst Hainan Island’s tourism business was deeply affected by the recent Covid lockdowns, retail sales just published for May show real signs o.....

China’s June Revival

by Sarah Robinson|15 June 202215 June 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

After 3 months of rapid decline China’s domestic air travel market is beginning to emerge from its lockdown induced torpor. Daily d.....

June Forecast Update

by Ian Robinson|06 June 202206 June 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Subscriber interest this month is likely to be focused on airports in the Western Hemisphere since there is an inevitable acceptance among subscribers.....

Asia/Pacific April International Recovery Index

by Sarah Robinson|30 May 202230 May 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Hard evidence for an international recovery across airports in Asia/Pacific is growing monthly. The market is two-speed: ✓ in the .....

Which Way China Travel?

by Sarah Robinson|05 May 202205 May 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

A week is a long time in the China domestic travel business. In the week before Labour Day holiday it seemed entirely possible that in the week fol.....

China Traffic Woes Accumulate

by Sarah Robinson|06 April 202206 April 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Yesterday saw commercial flight departures in China reach a new low. At 1758 the comparison with levels achieved just two months ago is stark.&n.....

Top 2021 China Domestic Airport Rankings

by Jane Robinson|31 March 202231 March 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

With so much focus in Travel Retail on the domestic airports in China, Air4casts’ Chart of the Day lists the top 20 airports in mainland China r.....

Chinese Domestics in Freefall

by Emma Robinson|16 March 202216 March 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

No China watcher can have missed the recent and rapid rise in Covid cases: 5280 at the March 15 count. &.....

Forecast Update; International Focus January 2022

by Sarah Robinson|18 January 202218 January 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

A goodly proportion of subscribers have, of late and quite understandably, been pre-occupied by the possible downside effects of the Omicron variant. .....

Hainan Tourists Improve in January

by Jane Robinson|10 January 202210 January 2022| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Data received today from Haikou Meilan airport shows a distinct improvement in domestic air travel to the island this week. The airport h.....

Air4casts ChinaDomestic Webinar

by Jane Robinson|18 November 202118 November 2021| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Hainan Island This Week PLUS

by Jane Robinson|11 November 202111 November 2021| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

This week’s Hainan PAX numbers have today been uploaded to client websites. Subscribers will see that passengers are down, both on the same week.....

Chinese Domestic Travellers: The September Data

by Ian Robinson|28 October 202128 October 2021| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

It is welcome news that the sector has recovered strongly in September after a disastrous August. Sign up here for one of Air4casts’ pe.....

Haikou Airport Weekly Report

by Jane Robinson|18 October 202118 October 2021| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

The latest data reported from Haikou airport is now available to subscribers through their respective websites. The numbers are not enc.....

China Domestics; Reporting the last 7 days

by Sarah Robinson|15 October 202115 October 2021| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

The number of passengers departing Chinese airports on domestic flights in the last seven days was down on the week before. As importan.....

Hainan October Recovery Challenge

by Jane Robinson|13 October 202113 October 2021| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

The Chinese holiday season means that, today, Air4casts is able to report on two weeks of air passenger traffic data from .....

Air4casts Launches the China Domestic Module

by Emma Robinson|03 October 202103 October 2021| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Have you tried our new ChinaDomestic module? The new ChinaDomestic module has been developed by Air4casts in response to the need for fast and accu.....

Alcohol Sales Increase by 87% Points

by Jane Robinson|27 August 202127 August 2021| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Retail sales in July demonstrated excellent yoy growth. Sales of Alcohol and Tobacco increased 87% points compared with July 2020 and mobile phone.....

Haikou Meilan Update

by Susan Kennedy|20 August 202120 August 2021| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

This week’s Hainan report has been updated with the Haikou Meilan airport passenger data for the week ended Wednesday 18 August 2021. .....

China Domestic Travel in April

by Ian Robinson|20 May 202120 May 2021| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

The latest domestic passenger data for Chinese airports in April provides an excellent indicator of market developments and trends with one import.....

Chinese Air PAX up 745% in 15 Days

by Sarah Robinson|02 March 202102 March 2021| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

What a difference two weeks makes. On 12th February China’s airports handled just 162 thousand passengers, a decrease of 90% points on the l.....

Year of the Ox - the Year China Stayed Home

by Susan Kennedy|23 February 202123 February 2021| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

The power of China’s authorities to control mass movement over the Spring Festival period is vividly illustrated by the Ministry of Transpor.....

Hainan September Sales by Category

by Sarah Robinson|11 November 202011 November 2020| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

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.....

September Air Departures Show Dramatic Shifts

by Jane Robinson|03 November 202003 November 2020| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Today’s Air4casts bulletin examines the prospects for domestic and international air travel in light of the latest September airport passenger d.....

Asia/Pacific - Good News from India in the October Internationals

by Emma Robinson|21 October 202021 October 2020| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Daily international flight departures for the first two weeks in October show really encouraging increases for India: ✓ for the mon.....

Covid Plays Havoc with Airport Rankings

by Sarah Robinson|02 October 202002 October 2020| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Today’s Air4casts bulletin assesses the July air passenger performance of the world’s two largest economies. All data comes direct from.....

Hainan and Its Best Seven Days

by Ian Robinson|29 September 202029 September 2020| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Hainan Island’s largest airport, Haikou Meilan, last week had its best 7 days since the start of the pandemic. These latest weekly passenger num.....

Asia/Pacific Travel Outlook

by Emma Robinson|16 September 202016 September 2020| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Today's Air4casts Recovery Briefing video looks at the Asia/Pacific region. Jane Robinson presents the latest data from Hainan Island, includin.....

The Hainan Misconception

by Sarah Robinson|03 September 202003 September 2020| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

It is sometimes assumed by Travel Retail executives that the bulk of visitors to Hainan Island arrive by air. This is a misconception. Hain.....

Hainan Island Breaks Post Pandemic Records

by Sarah Robinson|21 July 202021 July 2020| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

On Thursday last we reported the good news that Hainan’s travel numbers were progressing steadily week on week. Today's bulletin goes fur.....

Hainan: Impressive July Performance

by Emma Robinson|16 July 202016 July 2020| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

With Hainan Island’s duty free shopping spend in the first week of July reaching USD 64 million, Air4casts examines the latest July travel trend.....

Domestic Air Travel Leads the Way in May

by Ian Robinson|30 June 202030 June 2020| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

With the global air travel recovery inching forward at a snail’s pace day by day, Air4casts examines a strange new world where the domestic reco.....

China Retail Sales; The Phenomenon of Revenge Shopping

by Ian Robinson|03 June 202003 June 2020| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

April data for Retail Sales in China, not Travel Retail sales, shows that while a sort of recovery is continuing, expenditure levels are still down on.....

China International Recovery Setback

by Emma Robinson|28 May 202028 May 2020| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

In response to announcements by national airlines that they intended a rapid return to fuller international schedules, the Chinese Civil Aviation Auth.....

China Daily; May Data Confirms the Recovery

by Ian Robinson|21 May 202021 May 2020| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

The latest passenger numbers, for 12 May and principally domestic passengers, show that the recovery is continuing even after the excitement of the ho.....

China Recovery Watch; May Day Holiday Air Travel Performance

by Emma Robinson|07 May 202007 May 2020| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Daily travel data just released from the Chinese government pinpoints what actually happened over the May Day holiday period. The focus is .....

China Recovery Watch; May Day Recovery Good News

by Emma Robinson|27 April 202027 April 2020| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Data just released by Ctrip confirms the expected/hoped for boost in travel demand. It goes without saying that the continuing limita.....

China Recovery Watch: Retail Sales

by Ian Robinson|22 April 202022 April 2020| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

The latest March retail sales data for China is now available. It shows that overall, and in those product areas of most interest to Travel Ret.....

China Recovery Watching

by Sarah Robinson|19 April 202019 April 2020| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Today's Air4casts bulletin analyses the domestic and international March airport passenger counts from China's top airports. .....

China Domestic Recovery Watch; Hotel Occupancy

by Emma Robinson|17 April 202017 April 2020| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Hotel occupancy rates are one of the best available weekly indicators of any recovery in Chinese domestic travel and this summary provides an invaluab.....

One Step Forwards, Another Step Backwards

by Ian Robinson|07 April 202007 April 2020| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

With today’s May nowcast showing an almost 94% reduction in international air passenger traffic versus last year, today’s Air4casts bullet.....

China Domestic Recovery Underway

by Jane Robinson|31 March 202031 March 2020| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

With most of the world’s international air network now in lockdown, latest April forecast is -92% after Turkey and Russia stopped international .....

China: Domestic Routes Will Lead the Recovery

by Ian Robinson|24 March 202024 March 2020| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

For the past two months Air4casts has measured the effect of all the travel restrictions, flight cancellations and border closures on the internationa.....

COVID-19; Today’s Airport Passenger Updates

by Sarah Robinson|11 March 202011 March 2020| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Today’s Coronavirus briefing focuses on two crucial crisis data strands ✓ hard February airport passenger data and ✓ the Chine.....

Mixed Chinese Travel Messages in the Final Quarter of 2019

by Jane Robinson|13 January 202013 January 2020| US Border Crossings, Duty Free Americas, GoogleTrends, Toutiao, Baidu,

Today's client exclusive analysis focuses on the striking Chinese destination performance extremes now in evidence for the final.....