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Selling entry-level priced Louis Vuitton small accessories to a large number of Chinese consumers may be a good idea from a pure short-term perspective, but is conveys risks on the long term on the brand image of LV with affluent Chinese consumers.

“African destinations must also learn to attract more Chinese leisure tourists”, said Mrs Françoise Kameni-Lele, President of the China to Africa organization (CTA), the official organization promoting Africa to Chinese outbound tourists.

Acknowledging the prominent role of the travel and tourism sector in creating jobs and powering the economy, President Obama announced that he has issued an Executive Order aimed at boosting travel and tourism during an event in Orlando, Florida.

The U.S. Travel industry worked with Congressional appropriators to secure significant victories related to U.S. visa system and traveler facilitation reforms in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2012.

The new generation of young and affluent Chinese outbound tourists prefer the independent travel blogs to "official" outbound travel agencies to make their choice of leisure destination outside China.

Pierre Gervois, the marketing guru based in Shanghai, will be in New York City on October 11th and 12th, 2011 for a series of lectures and meetings with US travel, hospitality and retail professionals.

 According to China Elite Focus,“only 5% of U.S. hotels and 3% of US retailers have a Chinese version of their website. There is a huge, untapped potential, to convince more affluent Chinese tourists to discover the US for leisure trips”

The 266,000 Chinese tourists who have visited NYC in 2010 had not just spent money at Tiffany or Abercrombie & Fitch. They have also bought (cash) thousands of apartments.

Gieves & Hawkes, one of Saville Row's best tailors is thriving in China by selling their $13,000 suits to the Chinese 'nouveau riche'

Wealthy Chinese outbound tourists can now spend more money during ther trips abroad, by using the China Union Pay card.