Battles on under dark skies for boom

The latest report on China's inbound tourism issued by the China Tourism Academy offers little relief from the gloom that has settled over the industry in the past two years.

Since the first quarter of 2012, figures that the industry would like to see going up have headed in the opposite direction, says Dai Bin, president of the academy.

"And there is no sign that they will bounce back soon," he says.