California needs Chinese tourists. Where are they?

Lack of flights, visa challenges and political tensions all keep visitors away

Just 19% of Chinese adults planning international leisure trips within the next 12 months named North America as a destination in Morning Consult surveys taken in late June and early July. © Reuters

JACK STONE TRUITT, Nikkei staff writer

August 23, 2023 21:43 JST

NEW YORK -- Roughly 3 million travelers from China visited the U.S. in 2019, with about a third of them visiting Los Angeles, their top destination in the country.

Last year, the Los Angeles figure was just 110,000.