The Polish Tourism Organization saw 2025's International Chopin Piano Competition as a unique opportunity to market Poland to Chinese travelers interested in music, culture, and in-depth tourism. The challenge? Finding the right influencers.
Influencer marketing is usually an essential part of any travel brand’s strategy to reach Chinese outbound tourists. But what impact can you expect influencers to have on Chinese consumers’ travel plans, and how do you ensure that this marketing is effective?
Dragon Trail’s August 2025 survey of 1,076 Chinese travelers covers outbound trips in 2025 and October Golden Week travel, shopping overseas, airline booking preferences, AI for travel, outbound destination perceptions, and the impact of travel influencers.
Influencers are one of the top sources of information and inspiration for Chinese outbound travelers. These are the five major trends travel brands should understand before launching or updating their influencer marketing strategies for China.
Dragon Trail's 2024 campaign for Disneyland Resort California is a case study in how to use Xiaohongshu and KOC marketing to drive attraction ticket sales, with more than 8 million impressions and sales growth of at least 16% across four Chinese OTAs.
How has the "King of Mandopop" influenced Chinese travel trends around the world? Here's a list of eight examples, as well as information on how destinations can work together with Chinese musicians on tourism marketing.
Chinese New Year may not be the peak travel period it usually is in 2021, but it’s still a peak season for marketing and social media use in China. Let’s look at how three very different travel brands celebrated the Year of the Ox in B2C campaigns.
Berlin-based travel KOL Zhang Jin is Brand Founder of Traveling Sisters, a Chinese tourism media platform with more than 1.1 million followers. We caught up with her about blogging during lockdown, and her first trips in Europe this summer.
Live streaming is the top trend for tourism marketing in China to emerge from the COVID-19 crisis. In our essential guide, learn how the Chinese travel industry fell in love with this medium, and how you can reach Chinese consumers through live streaming.
Facing months with no salary and unable to create new content, how will China’s travel KOLs save themselves and plan for the future? We spoke to four leading KOLs to understand the key developments for travel sales and influencer marketing.