According to the European travel commission (ETC) and the Spanish ForwardKeys tourism research institutions jointly issued the latest data, a slowdown in China and the UK to take off the did not affect the enthusiasm of Chinese travelers in Europe, in the most popular with Chinese tourists overseas destinations, Europe still occupy the top of the list.ForwardKeys monitoring flight reservation number up to 17 million every day.


, according to data from Jan. to Dec. 2018, Chinese travelers rose 5.1% year-on-year in Europe.ETC, according to the purpose of the 2018 central tourism year is in the fast-growing Chinese market to promote European destinations, these data indicate that central tourism year success and continued growth trend.


ETC, executive director of Eduardo Santander said, "2018 central tourism year project has been a huge success, Europe in 2019 will continue to usher in the growth of the passengers.In the context of the current booking situation, growth trend of the Chinese market is very strong, the eu will be deep in the Chinese market and in the provision of a traditional destination activities develop new niche tourist destination."


During 2018, Chinese tourists visiting three eu countries with the most amount of destination Britain (up 2.4%), respectively, Germany (up 2.6%) and France (up 7.7%).Passengers of the fastest growing three destination for Croatia (up 45.7%), Estonia (up 35.8%) and Hungary (up 25.1%).


In addition, the growth trend of bookings in advance is very strong.As of December 31, 2018, booked 2019 1 ~ 4 month to the destination of Chinese travelers rose 16.9% year-on-year, compared with a global average of 9.3%.


Britain to take off the process continues, if exclude the British travel data, eu countries travel data will be more good-looking, in 2018 the European Union countries grew by 5.8% year on year, the number of destination tourism contains Britain after the figure is 5.1%.For bookings in advance, as of December 31, 2018, booked 2019 1 ~ 4 month to global destination for eu countries passengers rose 17.7% year-on-year, contains Britain after the figure is 16.9%.