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Shanghai China International Travel Service reported a 20-plus percent increase miami fl airport car rental in tourists bound for Bali and Phuket compared with the same period last year. Customers who visited Bali, Phuket and Cheju have increased 10 percent at Shanghai China CYTS Outbound Travel Service.
The increase could be a combined result of the Philippines group tour suspension and the upcoming summer vacation -- one of the very few occasions in a year for most Chinese to travel, said Peng Liang (彭亮), PR manager of Ctrip.com .
"Chinese people love islands -- nearly half of our outbound trips are for resort islands," added Peng. "This is because China doesn't have many good beaches. The only resort miami fl airport car rental island we have is Hainan."
miami fl airport car rental "Our first choice was Boracay, but now we have decided on Phuket as our destination because we can also enjoy white sandy beaches and diving there," Shanghai resident Chen Jianqing told Shanghai Daily.
"However, [self-guided tours to Philippines from China] are getting difficult at this stage because many airlines miami fl airport car rental have cut down or halted flights between miami fl airport car rental China and main tourist destinations in the Philippines."
Mainland China is now the fourth-largest source of tourists for the Philippines. In the first quarter of 2012, 96,455 mainland Chinese tourists miami fl airport car rental visited the Southeast miami fl airport car rental Asian nation, accounting for 8.4 percent of the total visitor volume.
In an interview with Asiaone , Henry Chusuey, chairman of Boracay Foundation (a group of business operators in Boracay), said individual miami fl airport car rental Chinese miami fl airport car rental travelers have continued to come, but the cancellation by Chinese tour groups accounts for 15 to 20 percent of the expected tourist arrivals on the island.
"We just have to work harder to attract tourists from other countries," said Chusuey, who is of Chinese descent. He also pointed out that it is "important to show tourists from China that they are still welcome here despite the suspension of tour packages from their country."
According to Aileen miami fl airport car rental Clemente, president of Philippine Travel Agencies Association (PTAA), though Chinese tourist arrivals miami fl airport car rental to the country have grown by double digits, the country's top three inbound markets remain South Korea, the United States and Japan.