Excluding tourists from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan from China’s 139 million inbound tourists in 2018, China only receives around 30 million foreign visitors per year. Photo: Shutterstock
Opinion
Opinion
Can China improve its image to foreign travellers who are put off by internet, visa and payment issues?
- James Liang, the chairman of Chinese travel services provider Ctrip, says China needs to narrow its US$200 billion deficit in tourism
- As many as 140 million Chinese citizens travel abroad every year spending US$250 billion but China is lagging behind in attracting overseas tourists
Excluding tourists from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan from China’s 139 million inbound tourists in 2018, China only receives around 30 million foreign visitors per year. Photo: Shutterstock