How important is Chinese tourism?

Chinese international tourist spending has surged over the past decade, which is one reason to think that the economic spillovers will be greater for the coronavirus than they were for SARS. But outside of Asia (and Mauritius), Chinese tourist spending is still a very small share of spending in EM economies.

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