China's Golden Week tourists 'shed inhibitions' and hit the road


  • World
  • Friday, 07 Oct 2016

Chinese tourists pose underneath a tree as they take photographs of each other on a headland on Sydney Harbour, Australia, October 4, 2016. Picture taken October 4, 2016. REUTERS/David Gray

LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - When Ines Chou was planning her "Golden Week" holiday, it was Britain's history and heritage rather than its high street shops that lured her to the country.

Chou was among a record six million Chinese expected to have travelled overseas for the holiday, which ends on Saturday, and offers insights into the changing travel tastes of a key group of holidaymakers for the retail and travel sectors in top destination countries.

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