Tourism Enters A New Age - Travel News, Tourism News - By: beinirouel8917

Over the next

two decades the makeup of the world will change

significantly. In particular China is on its way to becoming the travel

industry's dominant world power - ranging from groups to individual

tours - with big challenges lying ahead for job training in the tourism

industry.
Speaking at the 18th World Travel Monitor Forum in Pisa,

Professor Haivan Song of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University said: "By

2030 China will be the world's most popular tourism destination." In

addition, he added, during the next 20 years China would replace Germany

as the world's most travelled nation. Professor Haivan Song lectures at

the world's second largest university teaching travel and hospitality

courses. "When visa regulations for citizens from the People's Republic

of China eventually change, tourists from China can be expected to

vastly outnumber those from any other country."
Launched by the

consultancy IPK International and sponsored by ITB Berlin, every year at

the World Travel Monitor Forum in Pisa 50 tourism experts and

scientists from around the world present current statistics and the

latest trends in international tourism.
According to Hong Kong

Polytechnic University's forecasts, in five years time arrivals in China

will have already risen from 150 to 385 million. "At the current rate,

China will be an economic power equal to Europe and the US combined.

China's role in international tourism will be similar", said Haivan

Song. Relaxing visa regulations will also significantly affect the

makeup of tourism out of China. "When these barriers fall Chinese

citizens will also undertake tours on their own", he added.
According

to the German National Tourism Board, from January to August 2010 the

number of overnights by Chinese citizens in Germany alone rose to

652,459, a year-on-year increase of 28 per cent.
According to

Professor Haivan Song, the travel boom forecast for China over the next

two decades means the country faces huge challenges. "A massive effort

will be needed in China to train people for jobs in the travel and hotel

industry", he said.
"The forecasts for the future of tourism from

Asia and in particular from China are very good news for Germany as a

tourism destination", said Dr. Martin Buck, Director, Competence Centre

Travel and Logistics, Messe Berlin. "By launching ITB Asia, an annual

event, in Singapore we have prepared the ground in order to meet the

needs of the growing Asian market. "

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