Originally Posted by
tauphi
The amount of money spent by American tourists in China is dwarfed by the amount of money spent by Chinese tourists abroad. So from a purely financial point-of-view there is no incentive for China to open up to tourism.
Of course the border politics is much more complicated than just tourism and it probably doesn't even figure in the calculus of when to reopen.
Originally Posted by
travelinmanS
This is correct. China doesn’t care about foreign tourists and they are making more money due to locking their citizens inside than they would ever make from foreigners coming in as tourists. China ain’t opening for foreign tourists for at least another 2 years. They don’t need them and frankly probably don’t really want them either.
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I think it's widely known that Chinese tourists spend tons of money abroad. I don't think I was disputing that. Are you guys not being presumptuous by suggesting that the Chinese tourists will just spend their money traveling in China instead? Even if true, is this sustainable long-term? Seems a bit dismissive to suggest that American tourism dollars aren't even wanted.
I guess I'll hold you to your words. I don't believe it'll take 2 more years, but I guess we'll see.