(External) Meeting the Travel Needs of the Asian Market

Canada continues to enjoy impressive tourism growth from China, and Grey County Tourism wants to work with our partners to increase our market share in this market segment. Recognizing the fast change and continuous evolution in Chinese outbound tourism, Grey County Tourism will host a workshop to upgrade the knowledge of our industry partners, generate meaningful discussions and share best practices with each other. Grace Xin, National Director of the Canada-China Tourism Advancement Program and the Canada-China Inbound Tour Operator Registration Program (biography here) will lead the workshop and help participants to gain cultural understanding along with some practical tips for your business to be ready or ambitious in this market segment. Some of the topics to be discussed are:

1. New trends in the Chinese travel market

2. Profile of the Chinese visitors

3. Understand behaviors of the Chinese visitors

4. How to make your business known?

5. Changes needed now to meet the demand

6. Collect the money - payment methods

7. Effective ways to improve your offering with little investment

8. Don’t ignore - the Chinese market that is at your door step

9. You don’t have to be Chinese to succeed