China has invested heavily in promoting tourism to Xinjiang. Its efforts are paying off.
Dancers perform on the stage for a crowd of tourists at the Xinjiang International Grand Bazaar in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, May 12, 2024. Credit: Sun Zhensong/VCG via AP Images
Xinjiang may be China’s most controversial region, the place where the Communist Party’s human rights abuses of the Uyghur population have drawn condemnation from foreign governments and international human rights groups.
It’s also now one of the country’s fastest-growing tourist destinations.
Source: Xinjiang Department of Culture and Tourism via state media
Last year Xinjiang recorded some 300 million arrivals, nearly equivalent to the population of the United States and up 14
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