Tourism is one of the few industries U.S. has enjoyed substantial advantage over China: In 2018, Chinese tourists traveling to the U.S. spent USD 30 billion more than American tourists visiting China did.
The airport, which has four runways, parking spaces for 150 airplanes and a 700,000-square-meter terminal, is expected to handle 45 million passengers by 2021 and 72 million by 2025.
Over the week, Japan increased its sales tax from 8% to 10%, but Chinese shoppers – who accounted for 37%, or USD 15.4 billion, of the spending by international visitors to the nation last year – were undeterred.
In the first three quarters of this year, Chinese travelers spent an average of RMB 649 (about USD 91.8) on their visas to India, Ctrip data showed.
Last year, Kenya received about 81,700 Chinese tourists, an increase of 4% from 2017.
International visitor arrivals in the Philippines surged past the five million mark in August this year, boding bright prospects of attaining the tourism industry targets.
The airspace under the jurisdiction of Beijing's aviation authorities was doubled to 34,500 square kilometers. By 2021, Daxing airport is expected to have 2,900 flights per day.
Chinese tourist sites received 782 million visits during the holiday, up well over 7% from last year’s 726 million, but that’s slower than growth of past two years.
