{"id":82,"date":"2015-02-16T07:00:03","date_gmt":"2015-02-15T23:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nyzfun.com\/usa2\/?p=82"},"modified":"2019-10-09T20:24:57","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T00:24:57","slug":"more-chinese-visitors-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nyzusa.com\/more-chinese-visitors-in-america\/","title":{"rendered":"More Chinese Visitors In America"},"content":{"rendered":"
In November of 2014, the Chinese and American government signed a reciprocal visa policy, pledging to increase the validity of tourist and business visas. Citizens can now get a 10-year multi-entry visa to each other\u2019s countries. The White House believes this could result in an economic impact of $85 billion a year by 2021. Just how important is Chinese travelers to the American economy?<\/p>\n
Chinese have been among the fastest-growing and highest-spending U.S. visitors in recent years. In 2013, 1.8 million Chinese tourists visited the U.S., contributing $21.1 billion to the U.S. economy and supporting more than 109,000 U.S. jobs, the White House said.<\/p>\n
According to U.S. government data, China accounts for more than 14% of all US non-immigrant visa applications worldwide, i.e. the most around the world. Chinese visitors have accounted for one-fifth of the growth in overseas travel to the US since 2008. Official data also shows Chinese visitors spend about $7,000 per person in the U.S., compared with the average of $4,500 for all overseas visitors.<\/p>\n
“China is the fastest-growing outbound tourism market in the world,” the White House said in a November statement. “A competitive visa policy will help us meet projections that suggest as many as 7.3 million Chinese travelers will come to the US by 2021, contributing nearly $85 billion a year to the US economy and supporting up to 440,000 US jobs.”<\/p>\n