Travel horoscope: How Western astrology influences China's tourism

by CNNGo staff

The latest thing we learned about China?s travel industry is that Western astrology is playing a big part in tourism.

Last week, Chinese online travel dealer Taobao Travel released a ?2011 annual online travel consumer report?, which devotes a whole section to where Chinese Virgos, Geminis, Libras and so forth are venturing abroad and why.

Travel behavior by star signs

According to the five-page report, one in 10 Taobao Travel users were Libras, putting them at the head of the pack, followed by Scorpios and Virgos.

Here?s how some of the other signs shaped up:

Taurus -- Stay-at-homes. They make up just 7.1 percent of the Taobao database.

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