Inland Visitors Scheme Advantages And Disadvantages

number of tourists from Asian countries in last 10 years has been growing up. More, the stronger of foreigner currency is also one of the factor of increasing in number of tourist.

experienced a 7% increase in tourists in 2015, with more people opting to travel abroad in the

In March 2003, the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), so far the most lethal infectious disease in this century, hit the world, including Taiwan. The unfortunate pandemic shattered Taiwan’s tourism industry and the nation’s image of a safe tourism destination region, thus affecting Taiwan’s economy. The Taiwanese government, as well as others that were affected, placed restrictions of varying stringency on domestic and international travel due to the cases of SARS. Therefore, precautions were taken and Taiwan’s global travel and tourism system deteriorated. Having Japan and Hong Kong as Taiwan’s two main sources of tourist arrivals, this pandemic decreased a huge amount of international arrivals from these generating

Hong Kong’s recent reinstatement as the world’s freest economy1 reconfirmed its claim as a central hub for international business travelers. Its exceptional shopping and fine dining opportunities also make it a major tourist Mecca. Hong Kong was especially a unique shopping experience for visitors from China mainland and the world. From glitzy malls to funky street markets, and trendy boutiques to traditional Chinese products stores and themed shopping districts, tourists could find everything to satisfy their shopping fantasies.

Chinese domestic tourism destinations are under the upcoming challenge from global tourism market.With the increasingly international competition and fast changing market environment,resources development and product design are no longer key issues in tourism destination competition.The importance of meeting tourist’s needs and obtaining actual revisit attract more attention.Compare to those european tourism destinations,those Chinese domestic tourism destinations at a competitive disadvantage about matching the products and serves with tourists’ dynamic travel motivation. In order to build a sustainable and healthy development of tourism destination,companies and relevant organizations has to understand and to forecast the dynamic travel motivation and its

Attraction means anything that creates a desire in any person to travel in a specific tourist destination or attraction. Local is another basic component of tourism. The locale may be used to include the holiday destination and what it offers to the tourist. The holiday destination may offer natural attractions. It is considered as the most important basic component of tourism. Fashion is an important factor in the demand for various tourist attractions and amenities. The tourist who visits a particular place for its natural beauty may decide to visit some other attractions due to a change in fashion.

1 The tourism school, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, China; 2School of Business Administration, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, China. Email: chenjue8@yahoo.com

by Sino Market Insight, the market size of China’s online tourism industry is predicted to hit

Singapore’s tourism board has optimistic expectations of high volume of tourist arrivals, with 15 million visitors to Singapore on average per year (Hotel Industry Background, 2010). A calculation made on the projected number of hotel beds in year 2000 showed that the country could accommodate up to 16 million visitors. Singapore has been a priority location for hotel conglomerates to set up headquarters to develop new products and concepts for Asian markets.The nation is well-equipped to assist expansion and grooming Hospitality and Tourism talents for the region. Hotel guests have raised expectations by looking for holistic experiences. Hospitality companies use Singapore as a training ground to develop

This research has shown that there are differences in perceptions and expectations of Chinese Mainland tourists compared to other foreign tourists and this impacts upon satisfaction levels. Chinese Mainland tourists spend less on hotel accommodation than other foreign tourists, however have high expectations and expect value for money, making price a major factor in the consideration process for hotel selection and an aspect that the Hong Kong hotel market must consider when marketing their hotels and services, to the Chinese Mainland tourist.

Why would a city not want to promote tourism? Tourism helps attract foreign investments and therefore contribute tremendously to the economy. In fact, tourism is one of the main sources of income for Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). According to a recent study by market research firm Euromonitor, Hong Kong has been named the world’s most desirable travel destination for international visitors with a number of 23.8 million visitors. However, if that figure is broken down by geographic zones, Chinese tourists account for 63.5%. Mainland visitors have always been playing a huge role in tourism in Hong Kong and they are the ones Hong Kong citizens feel resentful towards mainly because of birth tourism. Local residents have felt that the medical system is already operating at its capacity. Demonstrations on streets are not uncommon with citizens wanting the government to take action against such tourism, I believe that Hong Kong government should still welcome Chinese tourists since Mainland visitors have been contributing significantly to Hong Kong’s inbound tourism, however the government should put a ban on birth tourism.

| Gender * Male > 70% * Female < 30%Age * Below 30: 28% * 31 – 50: 60%Annual Income Level (in RMB) *

School of Management, Da-Yeh University, Chang-hua, Taiwan Department and Graduate School of Tourism Management, Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan Received 29 January 2004; accepted 28 June 2004

The tourism information of Malaysia was recorded as 27.44 million tourist arrival in 2014. The growth rate of tourism was increased every year in Malaysia.

In addition, with Singapore being a well-established hub for various sectors such as the finance and medicine, business travel in Asia has seen an increase by 20% compared to 2009 (Channel News Asia, 2010). With a rebound in Asian business travel, hotel occupancy in July hit a high of 90% an increase of 10.2% from 2009 and hotel room revenue grew 37.2% (The Business Times, 2010). Being the “Best Business Hotel in the World, Asia-Pacific and Singapore” as awarded by Business Traveller (Shangri-La, 2010), the surge in business travels is definitely advantageous to Shangri-La.