In 2000, 1.5m Japanese tourists visited China, a 41 per cent rise in three years.
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In 2010, tourists from China spent 193.9 billion pounds on London's Bond Street alone.
"Due to the rapid growth of tourists from China, we needed to ensure the high level of customer satisfaction and have a strategy, " says Izabela Hamilton, a spokesperson at the Burj Al Arab Hotel, which employs 200 butlers -- none of them British.
And Arup's Mr Budd points out that economic growth in China also means more Chinese tourists flying to London.
Songpan county is perched on the north-eastern edge of Aba and has become a magnet for ethnic Han tourists from across China.
For the moment, there is growth in U.S. demand as a result of tourists coming here from China, India, and Brazil.
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On Friday, Beijing News reported that people carrying the H7N9 virus may have entered Beijing in recent days from East China due to an increased flow of tourists, but no cases of bird flu have been reported there as of Friday.
Born in Hangzhou, China, he perfected his English skills by talking up tourists at a local hotel.
Prime Minister David Cameron has urged attractions in the UK to work hard to encourage foreign tourists to visit, particularly the growing middle class in China.
Jewelry-maker Tiffany reported a gain in revenue and in profit for its third quarter, as sales to tourists in its New York flagship and sales growth in China helped the company to move higher inventories.
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This is how the dodgy off-course shops that cluster outside legitimate golf resorts in China, such as nearby Mission Hills, often sell counterfeit clubs to tourists.
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April is usually the peak of tourist season, but the natural disasters have resulted in cancellations of tours from Hong Kong, China, Russia, South Korea, Thailand and other countries that normally send many tourists to Japan.
The World Tourism Organization is predicting that by 2020, not only will China be the world's top tourist destination, but also the fourth largest source of tourists for the rest of the world (after Germany, Japan and the U.S.).
High-end stores such as Tiffany, a world-renowned jeweller, and luxury watch retailer Tourneau are catering to Chinese tourists with Mandarin-speaking sales staff, Chinese size charts and visits by sales reps to China to update tour operators on their US retail offerings.
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