{"id":9736,"date":"2025-11-07T22:31:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T14:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=9736"},"modified":"2025-11-07T22:31:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T14:31:36","slug":"canada-travel-searches-spike-in-china-as-group-tours-resume-interest-surged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=9736","title":{"rendered":"Canada travel searches spike in China as group tours resume: \u2018interest surged\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2025\/11\/07\/25807d38-98c4-4562-8cff-3f5012f37ed6_51ae13f1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Beijing\u2019s decision to allow group travel to Canada to resume for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic has sparked a surge in interest in visiting the country among Chinese consumers, with Chinese travel platforms recording a jump in related searches.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">China announced it was ending the group tour ban in early November, just days after Chinese President Xi Jinping met Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in South Korea and called for relations between the two countries to get \u201c<span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">back onto the right track<\/span>\u201d.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The move triggered an immediate reaction on Chinese travel platforms, with searches for flights to Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto on Qunar jumping by 223 per cent, 137 per cent and 61 per cent, respectively, within 30 minutes of the news breaking, according to the site\u2019s parent company, Trip.com Group.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Another platform, Fliggy, said it had recorded a \u201cnearly twofold surge\u201d in searches for flights to Canada in the hour after the announcement was made, compared with the day before.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">By Tuesday, the number of bookings by Chinese travellers bound for Canada was up 6 per cent week on week, according to Singapore-based travel marketing and technology firm China Trading Desk.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cThe interest to travel \u2013 searches on online platforms and inquiries to travel agents \u2013 has surged, with platforms reporting double the searches immediately after the announcement compared to the previous day,\u201d said Subramania Bhatt, the company\u2019s CEO.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Chinese tourism to Canada was steadily growing before the pandemic, with visitor numbers rising to just over 708,000 in 2019, according to Destination Canada, the country\u2019s national tourism organisation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/china-economy\/article\/3331957\/canada-travel-searches-spike-china-group-tours-resume-interest-surged?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beijing\u2019s decision to allow group travel to Canada to resume for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic has sparked a surge in interest 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