今年中国学生海外游学规模将达100万人次
The number of foreign study tours by Chinese students is likely to hit 1 million this year, involving 30 billion yuan in expenditure, China's biggest online travel agency, Ctrip, reports. And domestic study tours are expected to hit 9 million. The travel agency's study tour business has grown impressively in recent years. Those choosing tours abroad grew by 50% during the 2017 summer and the 2018 winter vacations year-on-year. The tours on average cost about 29,000 yuan each. Those opting for domestic study tours grew by 120%, with costs pegged at about 4,200 yuan. The UK, the US, Australia, Singapore, New Zealand, Canada, Japan, Thailand, Indonesia and France are among the most popular destinations among Ctrip users. Domestically, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Guizhou, Qinghai, Shanghai, Beijing, Yunnan, Sichuan province's Chengdu, Guangdong province's Guangzhou and Shenzhen are the most appealing in China. study travelers are also getting younger. The average age of travelers who took their first study tours overseas stood at 12.1 years old, while the age for first domestic study tourists was 8.8 years old. |