ANOTHER ONE OF TEN REASONS WHY NORTHEAST ASIA IS EXPECTED TO BE #1 SOURCE OF VISITORS OVER-PASSING WESTERN EUROPE BY 2016

Looking at #Canada as a barometer, year-to-date September 2013, overall arrivals from Canadian Tourism Commission’s Emerging and Transition markets grew 8.4% compared with last year. Among the best performers were China (+24.3%), Taiwan (+18.4%), Hong Kong (+8.1%) and South Korea (+4.9%). Whereas for the first nine months of 2013, arrivals from Western Europe, namely Germany (-2.2%), the UK (-1.2%), Spain (-3.5%) and Italy (-2%), remained below their 2012 levels, while France (+0.3%) came out barely ahead. 

(Source: #StatisticsCanada and #CTC Infographic Tourism Snapshot, September 2013, RT @ https://en-corporate.canada.travel/infographic/september-infographic)

ONE OF TEN REASONS WHY NORTHEAST ASIA IS EXPECTED TO BE #1 SOURCE OF VISITORS OVERPASSING WESTERN EUROPE BY 2016

Extra flights between Japan and Canada starting in 2014, one of the signs of a changing international scene for North American educators, tourist operators and destinations. Food for thought for their SEOs engaging clients through Google Adwords and partner networks with these non-Western language markets. (China, Japan and South Korea are catching up with the UK, France and Germany)
Japan’s largest airline to start daily flights to YVR