Originally Posted by
travelinmanS
Other Asian tourist prefer visiting Japan over China by a wide margin. I expect this to continue and the increasing interest from western tourists in Japan to also continue going forward.
China will need to really go on a charm offensive to win back foreign tourists. Right now they don’t seem to have any interest in doing so and they are also currently overwhelmed with domestic tourism so maybe the need isn’t so great either.
It's hard to know what's what in China. Some news reports are that domestic travel has more than completely recovered yet the airlines continue to lose money.
China Big 3 lose 1.5-2.0 billion $ in first half 2023 At least the losses are declining.