where you get this idea that Tourism is associated with Beach and Warm weather?. i guess your not looking at cold weather destination numbers and there much higher prices due to winter sports.UAE is also a top destination for Russian tourists and it isn't cheap. Climate plays a role. Russia is cold. Middleast and Mediterranean is warm.
Going to UAE has alot other reasons. UAE has to cater to tourism because if it is interconnecting hub of East and West and most importantly Africa. What Russia is developing is real tourism disconnected from world in places like Arctic and create Mediterranean feel in Crimea and Southern Russia. Sochi alone is i think adding 150K hotel rooms and they already have some thing like 200K rooms.
Chinese have abandoned shopping and no mention of Beach. the problem is alot of tourist attractions are not where they are going.
Andrey Mozhaev, CEO of the digital marketing agency in China Asia Pacific, adds: “Chinese tourists are interested in traveling to Russia. Our task for today is to start attracting tourists now in China, primarily in the Internet space. The more a Chinese tourist knows about Russia, tourist services and destinations, the sooner he will make a choice in favor of Russia. And the next task is to organize a comfortable infrastructure for tourists here in Russia.”
Previously, one of the most popular purposes of outbound tourism in China was shopping, but here, too, changes in demand are noticeable. In the study sample, 417 tours do not include shopping, as the Chinese are increasingly interested in the cultural, historical and other features of the country. Tourist infrastructure is also of great importance for tourists from China, for example, the ability to choose a hotel at their discretion.