The Archive · 1936

TOURISM IN CHINA

One of the most significant items in the analysis of China's interna-tonal payments published in thi journal to-day refers tu tourist expenditure, According to this analysis, tourist expenditure in China totals $7,000,000 year and represents one of the smallest inpayments which balance her international accounts, For a country with the tourist and sightseeing potentialities as Chino, this sum is ridiculously small, Tt barely exceeds what a Bank Holiday Monday crowd would drop in a big. English seaside resort in a single day and in comparison with some European "countries ike France, which have fostered the tourist trade for years and used their travellers" cheques and pocket books to help in balancing the budget, itis nilesimal, "Among the' constructive

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