The drop in Chinese tourists visiting the United States in 2018 has continued in the 1st half of 2019
Share to twitterNew Commerce Department statistics show that the drop in Chinese tourists visiting the United States in 2018 has continued in the first half of 2019. Moreover, the 2018 tourism numbers were worse than reported in several news accounts. This represents more bad news for U.S. businesses and workers in travel, tourism and high-end retail.from the previous year. Several newspapers reported the data in stories about the drop in visitors from China.
Visitors for pleasure from China declined by 10% in 2018, dropping from 2,265,789 in 2017 to 2,037,867 in 2018, according to an analysis of Commerce Department data. In other words, although overall arrivals from China fell by 6% in 2018, both business and student arrivals increased at the same time the number of Chinese travelers for pleasure declined.
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