Professor Wolfgang Artl, CEO and founder of the China Outbound Tourism Research Institute (COTRI), talks to Asia Gaming Brief Managing Editor Sharon Singleton about trends in domestic travel and tourism in China.

At the end of this annus horribilis, after so much hardship and so much obedience demonstrated by societies in lockdown around the world, we are all entitled to a nice Christmas present and the prospect of a better tomorrow.

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May we live in interesting, albeit non - Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity - VUCA - times.

We have entered a phase of VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity) which seems not to end anytime soon. However, “the situation in China seems to move ever faster towards either an epiphany or a satori,” writes COTRI Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt.

As international borders reopen and tourism begins to ramp up, China’s doors remain stubbornly closed as Beijing sticks with its zero Covid policies.

China’s reopening to the world is lagging all other countries as Beijing sticks with its zero-Covid policies, but sooner or later the government will have to allow the people to travel again, argues Dr. Wolfgang Arlt, founder of the Chinese Outbound Tourism Research Institute (COTRI).

Professor Wolfgang Arlt, a well-regarded outbound Chinese travel expert is pegging the 2023 Lunar New Year as the point in time that China’s long-closed travel borders will finally be opened.

In today’s Face-to-Face interview, Professor Wolfgang Arlt, founder and CEO of the China Outbound Tourism Research Institute (COTRI) discusses whether recenlockdowns have pushed back his expected China reopening timeline.

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