Chinese visitors to US are top spenders

Chinese visitors spent more in the United States in 2016 than those from other countries, according to a report from the US Commerce Department on Friday.

It shows that the 2.97 million Chinese who visited the US in 2016 spent $33 billion with the number of visitors up 15 percent and spending up 9 percent from 2015.

The growth in tourists and other visitors was described in the report as "nothing short of explosive". The US has had 13 consecutive years of growth in arrivals from China, 12 of which were double-digit growth.