March 2016 marks the end of the 5th year since the start of the Syrian conflict. Influenced by the Arab Spring sweeping across a number of countries in the region, protestors in many parts of Syria took to the streets demanding political reform.With the Syrian conflict now entering its sixth year, the United Nations have declared that over 4.6 million Syrians have fled to neighbouring countries, with two-thirds of those settling in Lebanon and Jordan.
A recent survey on Chinese outbound tourism showed that more than a third of Chinese tourists considered travel as important as love and marriage, family wealth, career development, learning and education, healthcare, and child growth.