Connectivity for Urban Tourism Competitiveness

www.wtcf.org.cn

Mr. Li Baochun

Executive Deputy Secretary General

World Tourism Cities Federation

Connectivity

1. The quality or condition of being connected or connective.

2. The ability to make and maintain a connection between two or more

points in a telecommunications system.

Connectivity not only means simple transportation, business

connection, cooperative plans, but also means to create a larger and

more inclusive portal platform with powerful functions, interconnecting

information with service to create an all-domain and easily-accessible

gateway for the society.

Connecting with surrounding areas, rural and countryside areas,

civilization and customs, urban modern life and fashion, inheritance

of history, social economy, culture, sports, education, sightseeing,

leisure and holidays, consumption, and experiences

Connectivity

accessibility

consumption

all possibilities ( Tourism + )

new life style

transmission

Free and easy capital and equity transit, human resources

and products transit, joint venture conductive management

I. Accessibility ----Beijing

Essential information of Beijing:

The capital,

The municipality directly under the central government,

The central city of the state,

The super city,

The international metropolis,

National political center,

Cultural center,

International communication center,

Science and Technology Innovation Center.

Beijing

Beijing

Permanent resident population : 22,000,000

Beijing GDP: 377.376 Billion USD

GDP per capita: 17,368 USD

Per Capita Disposable Income: 8,000 USD

Area: 16,410 square kilometers

Number of districts under jurisdiction: 16 districts

7 cultural heritages

58 universities

Medical service, Conferences, Exhibitions

etc.

Total Tourist Arrivals of Beijing (2007-2016)

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

270 million visitors 4.1 million inbound visitors Domestic to Beijing: 170 million Beijinger: 100 million

Unit: 10,000

Source: Beijing Tourism Commission

Composition of Tourism Revenue in Beijing (2016)

Year Unit 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Per capita

spending of

domestic

tourists

US $ 281 316 352 365 365 387 376

Per capita

spending of

inbound

tourists

US $ 1029 1042 1028 1065 1078 1096 1217

Per Capita Spending of Tourists in Beijing

66 times VS. 3.2 times

(1) Inter-city (region)

• Airlines

• High Speed Railway

• Railway

• Highway

• Bus

• Car

• ……

Connectivity of Beijing

(2) city

• Railway

• Highway

• Subway

• Bus

• City Bus

• Sharing Bicycle

• ……

I. Accessibility: Transportation

Airline

Beijing Capital International Airport (BCIA)

increasingly improved international airline network

one of the busiest airports in the world

1,700 flights from 94 airlines

in a close bond with 244 cities in 54 countries around the world

every day

capacity: 90 million person-time per year

"China No.1 Gateway"

The new airport of Beijing, which is expected to be delivered in July

2019, will be the world’s largest aviation hub.

capacity:130 million person-time, 1.03 million flights

Terminal 1

Terminal 2

Terminal 3

Airlines

80 flights

everyday

between

Beijing and

Chengdu

Transportation

Time spend on the way from Beijing suburb to city center

in the year of 2020. ( inner-city )

No. Distance to city center Minutes

1 0-15 kilometers 30 Minutes

2 15-25 kilometers 45 Minutes

3 25-60 kilometers 60 Minutes

Beijing Roads

• 16.5 square meters road per person

• 113 kilometers road per 100 square kilometers

• 525 kilometers highway in 14,630 kilometers city road.

Inter-cities

Railway

More than 300 high-speed trains for passengers leave

Beijing for other cities in China everyday, with over

230,000 passengers.

Considering other railway transport means of

passengers, the railway transport capacity of

passengers in Beijing exceeds 300,000 person-time.

Summary

Connectivity

infrastructure

inter-city transportation from supply side:

• roads (Highway)

• railway (Inter-city high-speed train, HSR)

• airlines

• haul Bus

Beijing 72-hour visa-free transit policy

From January 1, 2013, Beijing offers 72-hour visa-free transit for

foreign visitors with third-country visas and transit at Beijing.

II. Connectivity to Consumption

the largest quantity of top-grade hotels in the world. It also provides hotels

of diversified types and brands for tourists.

Beijing cuisine: served, diversified, home and abroad, taste, one of the

eight major components of Chinese cuisine.

Sightseeing: As of 2016, Beijing had 235 class-A tourist attractions

(including eight 5A ones), 504 star-rated hotels, 1,282 budget hotels, 2,117

travel agencies, 41,811 certified tour guides, 141 star-rated folk villages,

4,008 folk households, 647 distinctive businesses and 33 distinctive tourist

towns and villages.

Great connectivity to the high standards and vast amounts resources ,

accommodation, catering, sightseeing, events, and amenities, all

optional travel experience accessibilities.

Age Distribution of Chinese Outbound Tourists

III. Connectivity to all possibilities

Tourism +

technology

operation

customized tourism

Up to 95% of package

tourism products

involve more than 20%

of time for independent

travel and services on

tourist’s own expense.

Another 25% of time

are for tourists to

choose optional

services.

Tourism +

overlap several forms:

• sightseeing tourism;

• cultural tourism;

• folk custom tourism;

• eco-tourism;

• meeting,

• incentive,

• convention and exhibition tourism;

• tourism for communication and visit;

• tourism of adventure and exploration;

• experience-based tourism;

• recreational tourism.

IV. Connectivity to new life style

emotion

classical quality of life from migration and self-alienation.

Modern Urban Tourism should create a new fashionable lifestyle,

marketing to the new generations of “the PETS of the world”.

The first class customers creates the excellent consumption, and

then the excellent market, excellent branding, excellent products

& service, excellent amenities, excellent economic results.

V. Connectivity via transmission

young generation with new technology.

Internet surfing

online articles influence

experiences sharing

tourism under continuous innovation and capable of using

first-rate means of transmission.

Thank You. 谢谢。Gracias.

Mr. Li Baochun

Libch@wtcf.org.cn

World Tourism Cities Federation