Global Tourism

CHINA

Many of urban theoriests agree that tourism will be one of most influential factors determining global urbanism in the coming years. 2008 Beijing Olympic event does not attract as much foreign tourist as expected. Yet, according to BusinessWeek, China will be the world's largest tourist destination by 2020. This once-curtained, yet now-opening, socialist country will also be the number four in the world in terms of the number of tourist out-going aborad.

A Korean daily, JoongAng, reports that Chiese out-bound trourists will reach
- 2010 54 million
- 2020 100 million

o Chinese Tourists to Korea
o Korea-China exchnages



Chinese government spent much for ambitious landmarks for Bejing 2008 Olympic Games, hoping these iconic and monumental strucutres would contitue to attract a number of visitors afterwards. NYT reports they are empty now.
o After Olympic - Empty Monumnets


JAPAN

o Kyoto's debate on new aquarium



Kyoto, known as Japan's most historic city, is in debate around a 118,000 square foot aquarium in the park proposed by Orix Real Estate Corporation that argues the project would bring 2 million more visitors to the city. Some information from the media:
o World tourim is a $944billion industry
o Foreign visitors to Japan in 2008 was 8.4 million (79 million to France, 58 million to US, 53 million to China)
o Revenue from foreign trevellers to Japan in 2008 was $10.8billion ($110billion US)


KOREA

Foreing visitors to Korea (2010, Source: a newspaper)
- Japanese 3 million
- Chinese 1.9 million

Chinese out-bound tourism
2010 54 million
2020 100 million (If Korea attracts only 10%, its 10 million visitors a year. If they spend $2000, its $23 billion, according to JoongAng Il Bo)

o Joins column on tourism 2010. 07. 26
o Chinese tourists to Korea - JoongAng Daily 2010. 08. 17.
o Chinese tourists to Korea 2010. 08. 17.
o Chinese tourists 2010. 08. 17.
o Chinese tourists 2010. 08. 17.
o International visitors' thought of Korean inconvenience. 2011. 11. 6.
o Seoul needs midium-price hotels. 2011. 11. 14.
o Seoul's guesthouse enjoy no vacancy. 2011. 11. 14.
o Jeju also needs medium-price hotels. 2011. 11.


ECONOMIC BENEFIT vs. ENVIRONMENTAL COST
o Cruise ship and environmental impact


WORLD TOURISM ORGANIZATION
o WTO Interim update 2009 September