Skift Take
It's good news that Chinese tourism will recover faster than expected. Weak air connectivity remains a problem.
The U.S. travel industry will see a full recovery in Chinese and Japanese tourism by 2026 — one year earlier than previously projected, according to the U.S. National and Travel Tourism Office’s latest annual forecast released Tuesday.
But both China and Japan will behind the rest of the U.S.’ source markets – the office expects international travel to the U.S. to fully recover in 2025.
“Both Japan and China will exceed 2019 levels, but it's going to be one year later [than other markets],” said David Huether, deputy director fo