Surge in Chinese visiting US to create jobs

More than 3 million trips to the United States are to be made by Chinese tourists this year, directly creating about 45,000 jobs and indirect creating 230,000 jobs in the US, as revealed during the closing ceremony of the 2016 China-US Tourism Year on Sunday.

Last year, 2.59 million trips were made to the US by Chinese tourists, with total spending estimated at $30.1billion. In the first three quarters of this year, the number of Chinese travelers to the US surged by 14.7 percent compared with the same period last year, while the number of US travelers to China rose by 7.3 percent.

The total number of two-way Chinese and US travelers is expected to exceed 5million this year.