{"id":27670,"date":"2026-01-11T17:01:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T09:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=27670"},"modified":"2026-01-11T17:01:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T09:01:37","slug":"chinas-outbound-travel-set-to-soar-by-10-million-trips-in-2026-but-halve-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=27670","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s outbound travel set to soar by 10 million trips in 2026 \u2013 but halve in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/01\/09\/2e373d2c-57dc-4d4f-8d15-7121b7db358c_1c8fbf55.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">China\u2019s vast outbound travel market is set for further growth in 2026, boosted by the spread of visa-free policies for Chinese nationals and a stronger yuan. But visits to Japan could plummet by nearly 50 per cent amid a political dispute between Beijing and Tokyo, according to analysts and industry insiders.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Mainland Chinese travellers are expected to take about 165 million to 175 million cross-border trips in 2026, up from an estimated 155 million last year, the travel marketing and technology firm China Trading Desk said on Thursday. That includes visits to Hong Kong, as well as far-flung destinations like Europe and Africa.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">South Korea, Vietnam and Thailand \u2013 in that order \u2013 <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">will be the three most popular destinations<\/span> for Chinese tourists this year, as each benefits from convenient travel connections with China and has an abundance of popular sightseeing attractions, according to China Trading Desk.<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Other countries are likely to see a bump in arrivals after relaxing visa policies for Chinese nationals. That <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">includes Russia<\/span>, which allowed China\u2019s tourists to enter visa-free from December.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Turkey introduced a visa-free policy for Chinese travellers this month, while Cambodia plans to waive visas for arrivals from June to October. Dozens of other countries already let Chinese passport holders stay for short periods without a visa.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The spread of visa-free policies is a factor driving the growth in China\u2019s outbound travel market, said James Chin, a professor of Asian studies at the University of Tasmania in Australia, who added that Chinese travel agencies were also \u201cbecoming more adventurous\u201d.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">The recent <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">strengthening of the yuan<\/span> \u2013 which has risen by more than 1 per cent against the US dollar over the past month \u2013 could give China\u2019s travel market an extra boost this year by making dollar-reliant countries more affordable for Chinese tourists.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/china-economy\/article\/3339348\/chinas-outbound-travel-set-soar-10-million-trips-2026-halve-japan?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China\u2019s vast outbound travel market is set for further growth in 2026, boosted by the spread of visa-free policies for Chinese nationals and a stronger&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27671,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4840],"tags":[6292,15815,2251,787,14125,1814,11535,151,5971],"class_list":["post-27670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel-globetrotting","tag-chinas","tag-halve","tag-japan","tag-million","tag-outbound","tag-set","tag-soar","tag-travel","tag-trips","wpcat-4840-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}