The U.S. could see nearly 2 million fewer Chinese visitors because of hostile trade relations, travel advisories and rising currency exchange rates.
Some 3 million visits were made by Chinese tourists to Europe in the first half of the year, marking a 7.4% rise year on year.
All together generating tourism revenue of RMB 2.78 trillion, up by 13.5% over the same period of last year.
Their overall spending went from double digits to a 4% increase in 2017, and a 2% drop last year.
Some 381 million passenger trips were handled by China's civil aviation sector during the first seven months, up 8.7% over the same period last year.
China, Indonesia and India remained the biggest source of visitors and spending, with visitorship remaining relatively stable.
Passenger number was growing slower than flight capacity in the first five months of 2019 between the world’s two largest economies.
Group tours, admission tickets and other excursions during the nighttime in July surged by 60% over June. During the two weeks in late July, bookings of nighttime events soared by over 100% compared with two weeks earlier.
