Since 2016, Connect China Travel (CCT) has been empowering Western tourism brands to capture the booming Chinese travel market – offering tailored online and offline solutions to attract more visitors, boost visibility, and fine-tune experiences for this high-value audience. 

Various Clients - Connect China Travel
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CCT builds on the success of Oscar Tours, a high-end French travel agency offering Chinese clients bespoke travel tours to Europe. CCT’s extended offer responds to a growing demand from travel professionals to develop the China market.

CCT was founded by Clément Duhamel, a graduate of the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies. He previously managed international cooperation projects at the French Embassy in Beijing and has 10 years’ experience working in China. He has an excellent level of Chinese, having achieved a maximum score of 6/6 on the HSK test. Clément also has a personal network of over 200 Chinese contacts in the tourist industry, including travel agencies, online travel agencies (OTAs), the media, influencers, guides, European hotels and luxury boutique managers with a Chinese client base.

Since September 2025, CCT has been the official representative of Travel Link Marketing (TLM) in the European market. Founded in 2005, TLM is the largest tourism representation agency in China, with 5 offices, 60 employees, and clients such as Dubai, Turkish Airlines, New York, Finland, Portugal, Atout France, and more.  

INDUSTRIES

Travel businesses

Destinations

Luxury goods & shopping

Cruise lines

Hotels

wine & catering

Amusement parks

Health & well-being

Software/web-based platforms

Summer camps

Clients
Partners

BACKGROUND AND STATISTICS

Numbers of Chinese traveling abroad 
In 2000 : 10,5 million
In 2018 : 149 million
In 2030 : 400 million anticipated (Chinese tourists will at that point represent half of the industry’s growth worldwide)

Europe is the number one destination outside of Asia for Chinese travellers. 55% of Chinese tourists going to Europe visit France, while 37% go to Germany, 30% to Italy and 22% to the United Kingdom (source: European Travel Commission, 2019).

Groups versus individuals: 75% of Chinese tourists visiting Europe travel in small groups or alone 25% travel in large groups (coach/organised tours). Chinese tourists have become more independent, but 80% still go through an intermediary (agency or OTA).
Maturity: 62% of Chinese visitors travelling in Europe are repeaters who have already visited at least once before. As a result, there is an increasing demand for more specialised activities and destinations.

Spending : In 2018, there was a total of $277 billion of overseas expenditure, significantly higher than that of Americans ($144.2 billion).

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