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More Chinese Tourists to Visit U.S. in 2016: Travel Agency
From CRIENGLISH.com
Sun Geng, Chief Operating Officer[首席营运官COO] of L&L Travel Enterprise[纵横旅游公司], the biggest travel agency for Chinese tourists travelling to the States, has predicted that the 2016 Spring Festival period[2016年春节期间] will be their busiest time, with more than 5000 Chinese travellers having already applied for tours in that period.
Sun said that in the future, they plan to develop more travel destinations[旅游目的地;旅游胜地] to remoter parts[更偏远地区] of the U.S. and not stay just confined to[只限于；关在…里面] those containing first-class[优秀的；第一流的] landmarks[&`&lænd,mɑrk][地标].
"In the next step[接下来], we will develop more tourist destinations in the second-tier[二线] or third-tier[三线(地区)] U.S. regions, including the Midwest[美国中西部], which showcases[&`&ʃokes][展示] the original U.S. culture. We hope our tours will not only let Chinese tourists see the Statue of Liberty[自由女神像] in New York[纽约], the Universal Studios[环球影城] in Los Angeles[洛杉矶] and the Golden Gate Bridge[金门大桥（美国旧金山市的著名建筑物）] in San Francisco[旧金山]. We will offer more tours and let young and old Chinese people experience true U.S. culture and spirit[文化精神]."
The travel agency welcomed 260 thousand Chinese tourists this year, the highest number among all its competitors[kəm&`&pɛtətɚ][竞争对手].
Meanwhile, figures from the U.S. Travel Association show that around 3 million tourists from the Chinese mainland[中国大陆] visited the U.S. in 2015, up by 16 percent from last year[相比去年提高了16%].
China is behind Mexico, Canada, the European Union, and Japan in terms of the numbers of tourists visiting the U.S. But, by 2020 China could become the third biggest source of visitors.
This growth has been facilitated[fə&`&sɪlə&`&tet][促进；帮助] partially by the new visa arrangement announced at the APEC Summit[亚太经合组织峰会] in November 2014.
B-category non-immigrant[非移民] visas were extended to 10 years for Chinese business travelers and tourists going to the U.S.
Many Chinese tourists have welcomed the extension.
"The travel visa was extended to ten years last year, which made everything easier. And so we applied for 10-year visas, with a plan of coming here for the New Year."
The amount of money Chinese tourists spend during their trips in the U.S. is also increasing significantly, which has proved to be good news for the U.S. economy[对美国经济来说是个好消息].
"The two of us have spent four to five thousand already on hotel stay[下榻宾馆]. We are staying for two weeks here, so probably we will spend another 2,000 to 3,000 dollars. We were also asked to do some shopping for friends and family as New York is a great place to buy luxury items[奢侈品]. In total we plan to spend around 20,000 to 30,000 dollars."
By 2021, Chinese tourists are expected to spend a staggering[&`&stæɡərɪŋ][蹒跚的；令人吃惊的；犹豫的] 80 billion U.S. dollars annually in the U.S, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce[美国商务部].
For CRI, I&`&m Xie Cheng.
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