Ctrip selling more package tours
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Ctrip.com, China’s biggest online ticketing agent, expects its sales contribution from package tours to almost triple by 2012, a Bloomberg report said.
Package-tour sales may rise to as much as 15% of revenue in five years from about 5.6% last year, Ctrip Chief Financial Officer Jane Sun was quoted saying.
Ctrip currently gets about 90% of sales from travel within China. Hotel and air ticket bookings accounted for 92% of sales last year but which may drop to 70% within five years as the portion from package tours increases, Sun was quoted saying.
Last year, Chinese visitors made 41 million trips outside the mainland, almost a fifth more than a year earlier, according to official estimates.
Most of these trips were to Asian countries with tours to Thailand, combining elephant rides and temple visits with air tickets and accommodation, are among the most common offered by Ctrip, the report said, quoting its website.
Ctrip, which targets consumers earning at least 60,000 yuan (US$8,443) annually, charges as little as US$550 for a six-day trip to a resort on Phuket island.
Ctrip plans to offer trips for Chinese tourists to the U.S. now that latter has received Approved Destination Status.
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