Big Bus: China

Tourism Operators Dept: The crowds haven't arrived yet, but in three or four years, China is expected to become the city's biggest overseas market for overnight stays, according to Vancouver Sun. Wood, general manager of Big Bus, and other tourism operators are doing what they can to ensure they are part of the coming boom and mcKay Wood is preparing for the future by hiring more Chinese-speaking staff and drivers for Big Bus, a tour bus company that ferries visitors around Vancouver. It will be the beginning of a wave of worldwide Chinese tourism that by 2020 is expected to reach 100 million outbound tourists annually, the result of a growing middle class and sharp increases in disposable income that allow more Chinese to travel. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.