Chinese visitors become second-biggest group of foreign spenders on trips to US

The approximately 2.2 million Chinese travelers who visited the United States last year spent more than $23 billion, making China the second-biggest source of foreign-tourist spending within the US, a new report says.

Nine out of 10 Chinese tourists in the US shopped in the country, spending an average of $10,800.

The US National Travel and Tourism Office released the 2014 International Visitation to the United States Report on Monday. The report said 74.8 million tourists visited the US and spent a combined $220.6 billion to get to the country and on purchases there.