{"id":5975,"date":"2023-02-16T08:45:22","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T08:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chinesetouristagency.com\/?p=5975"},"modified":"2023-02-24T13:01:31","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T13:01:31","slug":"chinese-elderly-people-go-on-a-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesetouristagency.com\/chinese-elderly-people-go-on-a-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese seniors go travelling"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently, Chinese seniors are more and more travelling but mainly inside China<\/span><\/h2>\n

Harsh past<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

Nowadays, Chinese elderly people<\/a> decided to travel more. Now that they retired from work, they want to finally enjoy their lives. \u201cFinally\u201d because these people went through lots of horrible things during their youth.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Indeed, Chinese seniors underwent all the horrible events of the 20th century in China. They survived man-made famine which killed more than 30 million people before the end of the 1950s. Plus, they went through the political anarchy of the Cultural Revolution which followed the famine.<\/span><\/p>\n

After all these events and their work life, now that they retired, they just want to enjoy themselves. And to do so, they decided to go on a trip.<\/span><\/p>\n

They want to have fun\u2026<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

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Next to the rise of the travel industry in China, travel agencies and packages catering for the elderly are a growing business. According to Qi Chun Guan, \u201cBefore, the elderly saved all their money. Now, they want to go out and\u00a0see the world. These people have seen their share of suffering in their lives. Now, with economic development, it\u2019s difficult from the previous generation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

According to China Daily<\/a>, the amount of Chinese seniors tourists went up to 58% last year and 62% of them have participated in organized tours. This time, UN data shows that the number of Chinese travellers older than 65 tends to double reaching 210 million in 2030.<\/span><\/p>\n

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