Categories: Social Media News

China’s Online Travel Booking Up 77.9% In 2009

According to the latest report published by China Internet Network Information Center, in 2009 the China’s online travel booking sector usage reached 30.24 million people, an increase of 77.9% compared with the previous year.

CNNIC said in its 25th statistics report on China’s Internet development that the rapid growth of online travel booking became a highlight in the Chinese tourism market in 2009. During the year, this sector gained 13.24 million new users, a year-on-year increase of 77.9%.

The growth rate was higher than those of online share trading, online banking, and online shopping, which were 67%, 62.3%, and 45.9% respectively; and it was only second to the growth rate of online payment, 80.9%.

Social Media Asia Editor

Recent News

Max Verstappen fumes at ‘completely undriveable’ Red Bull car in Japan GP qualifying mess

Max Verstappen endured a nightmare at the Japanese Grand Prix as he failed to make…

1 day ago

‘I’m just not comfortable with with myself’ — Inside the grey market peptide boom

The global peptide-therapeutics market has ballooned to more than $50 billion in annual sales, with…

2 days ago

The week in photos: March 21-27, 2026

MANILA, Philippines – On March 21, US  President Donald Trump threatened to “obliterate” Iran’s power plants…

2 days ago

Olympic icon Mary Rand dies after becoming first British woman to win gold in athletics

Mary Rand, the first British woman to claim an Olympic track-and-field gold medal, has died…

2 days ago

Foreign interference in Singapore politics, policies ‘an absolute no’: Shanmugam

SINGAPORE - Foreign interference in Singapore’s politics and policies, such as the penalties imposed for…

2 days ago

Wall Street drops again to close its 5th straight losing week, worst since Iran war

US stocks deepened their drops Friday as Wall Street finished off a fifth straight losing…

2 days ago