The Chinese travel and tourism economy grew 9.9% last year, more than twice the global rate and much faster than the 0.9% pace registered by the US, according to new data by the World Travel & Tourism Council, a trade group, and lead research partner Chase Travel.
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muxika@piefed.muxika.org · 22 pts · 130d
This, somehow, will be Biden's fault.
Also, the Sunshine State (Florida) is going to get destroyed.
Arancello@aussie.zone · 21 pts · 130d
Sunshine state is apparently teetering towards depression in large part because of 50% fall in ‘snowbird’ tourists from Canada.
muxika@piefed.muxika.org · 5 pts · 130d
It takes a lot of gas to make the trek from Toronto to the Keys in an RV. /s
DishonestBirb@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 130d
That’s hardly why. More like many Canadians don’t want to go and visit/financially support an actively hostile country with a leader that repeatedly talks about annexing them.
People here going to US to snowbird are kind of considered some low end tier of traitor by many, in fact.
muxika@piefed.muxika.org · 5 pts · 130d
I was making a joke about gas prices, but point taken.
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 130d
The Brightline isn't terrible, its cheaper than driving.
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 130d
I mean, considering the political climate there… it’s very karmic
Fishnoodle@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 130d
Does anyone else ever remember the movie Looper, where Bruce Willis was like 'no, you dont want to learn French... Trust me, you want to learn Chinese'
I do sometimes
dtrain@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 130d
My luck,I’d spend years learning Cantonese and Mandarin become the dominant one
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 130d
Hey you could still use it in Guangdong+Hong Kong, if you don't mind getting melted in the miserable heat and humidity.
rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social · 1 pts · 125d
Firefly got it right
hanrahan@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 129d
how the fuck did the US tourism industry even grow :(
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 129d
"See the Great Wall! Beat up some Tibetans! Taste the crunchy city air!"
I've been to China, I respect many aspects of Chinese culture and I get on well with the people there, but regarding the systems, I'm not sure lawful evil is prefereable to chaotic evil. If I were to bet on who's going to take out the trash first, I'd say it'll be the US.
Crackhappy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 129d
I don't blame them.
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works · -13 pts · 130d
Of course white dudes wanna enjoy their white privilage that even Local Chinese Citizens don't have
Exhibit A: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_monkey (this is not exactly "tourist" but the point remains)
Edit: Lmao r/fragilewhiteredditors leaking into Lemmy 🤣
tiredofsametab@fedia.io · 21 pts · 130d
I fail to see what this has to do with visiting a couple of cities for a week or two as a tourist. If your argument is that a person cannot come from a country that has more rights or better wealth than another country, the dynamics to visiting anywhere get really weird.
I live near China but don't go there because I don't like the government. However, I'd love to see many archeological sites like Xi An and other places.
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 130d
Xi'an is cool. Really good food, especially if you get tired of pork.
dogslayeggs@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 129d
Wait, so tourism counts as white privilege to you?
Wow, I'll make sure I remind the 40 million annual Chinese people leaving the country on vacation that they are enjoying white privilege.