The country's efforts to attract more tourists from overseas seem to be paying off.
Tourists crowd the Huangguoshu Waterfall scenic spot in Anshun, Guizhou. Credit: ChinaImages via Depositphotos
As China tightens control over critical minerals exports, strives for self-sufficiency in key technologies, and places “exit bans” on some foreign workers, it is simultaneously rolling out policies to welcome in more foreign visitors. Inbound tourism development has become a national priority.
A Covid checkpost in Hubei. Credit: Depositphotos
China was among the hardest hit by the global tourism collapse during Covid. The World Economic Forum ranked it the fourth-most economicall
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