Top travel destinations in Asia happy for return of Chinese tourists


By AGENCY

A file picture of Seminyak beach in Bali. Top tourist destinations in Asia are happy that visitors from China are set to arrive in droves again.

In Tokyo’s Asakusa tourist district in Japan, caricaturist Masashi Higashitani is dusting off his Chinese as he prepares for an influx of travellers after Beijing, China ends inbound quarantine rules.

“We used to say ni hao all the time,” he said with a laugh as he whipped up a portrait in minutes.

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