Agree, they only pay for the flight ticket , once they arrive here its almost like a "free" tour.

I'd say with the recent crash in the Yuan, there might be a few less shortly.

Today you can buy Yuan from Superrich at 5.45, a couple of months ago I was buying it at less than 5.20, and you think it has crashed.

Admittedly it is down on the 5.65 of last week but still well up on what it was. 2 years ago we were getting it for less than 5, long way to go to get back to that.

Chinese tourists will be rubbing their hands.

Edited August 14, 201510 yr by sandyf

Slow times:

July 12th, between 1:49 and 2:19 a.m.

Darn, missed it!

I'd say with the recent crash in the Yuan, there might be a few less shortly.

the crash is only the start . inflation numbers are being looked at with a skeptical eye , the black banks have almost stopped lending and are in a collection frenzy , the government still urging people to invest in stocks , and the construction industry going crazy building apartments nobody wants or can afford .there are around 5 million units built but sitting empty it has to be the daddy of housing glut markets . soon the only Chinese you will see are Hong Kong peeps

China has one week new year vacation in February and the first week in October is also a long vacation. These are the 2 weeks when most people make short trips or visit family

The schools close over the summer much like the rest of the world and this is the time whole families travel abroad. outside these periods the numbers of Chinese tourists are low.

Im not so sure about that:

Tourist arrivals to Thailand jumped 38 percent year on year in July 2015 with more than 2.6 million tourists arriving in Thailand for the month, foreign arrivals via international airports accounted for more about 80 percent of the numbers, up over 49 percent year on year. Don Mueang airport saw the biggest jump in arrivals, recording an 81.3% increase, followed by Chiang Mai with a 69.6 percent increase, Suvarnabhumi a 48.2 percent increase and Phuket 24.4 percent. Chiang Mai reports that this year 400,000 tourists from China are expected and that number should jump to 600,000 next year. The Thai Chinese Tourism Association predicts that Thailand will see 7 to 7.5 million tourists in 2015, the single largest number of tourists to arrive.

Courtesy: Sunbelt Asia