Due to rising pollution and a strengthening yuan, Beijing saw its tourist numbers drop to 4.20 million visits from January to November in 2017 from 5.01 million visits in 2017.
The number of overseas travelers to Beijing grew after the city hosted the 2008 Olympics until 2017, when it saw a 3.8% __51__, followed by the further drop last year. The unexpected drop in 2017 came __52__ new policies introduced in a(n) __53__ to support China’s tourism industry. But only 14,000 tourists __54__ the visa-free stopover, according to the Beijing General Station of Exit and Entry Frontier Inspection, well short of the 20,000 target officials had __55__ predicted.
Jiang Yiyi, deputy director of the Institute of International Tourism at the China Tourism Academy, __56__ part of the drop-off in foreign tourists to the strengthening yuan.
In 2017, the yuan increased almost 3% against the U.S. dollar, making “Beijing a more expensive __57__ than in the past”, Jiang Yiyi noted. “At the same time,” she said, “other countries have seen their tourist numbers grow as the currencies(货币) __58__. While RMB is on the rise, currencies from some of China’s __59__ for tourism, such as Japan, are depreciating(贬值), meaning travel to some other Asian countries has been getting cheaper while travel to China is becoming more expensive, ” Jiang Yiyi said. In 2017, the Japanese yen fell 21% against the U.S. dollar, __60__ 10 million overseas tourists.
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