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After eight years, Macro Polo has ceased operations as the Paulson Institute will focus its independent research on supporting its programs as it continues to diversify its scope.

We appreciate the community that has grown around Macro Polo and the fruitful engagement we’ve had with our legion of smart and sharp audience. You’ve pushed us to deliver even more original work and innovative products. Our body of work speaks for itself, and we hope it will have a long shelf life – that was the intent from MP’s inception.

MP’s website is now archived and no new work will be published henceforth on this site. Please visit www.paulsoninstitute.org for future research and policy work on a range of global issues.

Thank you all for the support over the years, it has been a privilege to have had a home at the Paulson Institute and to have built it the way we did.

- Team Macro Polo

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Spending by Chinese travelers in the United States more than tripled between 2010 and 2015, driven by rising incomes in China and a move in 2014 to bolster two-way travel by offering ten-year tourist visas to citizens of both countries. Since 2015, however, that growth has levelled off and spending by Chinese tourists and businesspeople visiting the United States has, with some small dips and bumps, held steady at around $20 billion annually.

Most visitors go to the West Coast or the Northeast region of the United States, but US National Parks have seen a boom in Chinese visitors on the back of major promotional campaigns.

Chinese Travelers in the US
Chinese Travelers in the US
Main Purpose of Trip by Non-Student Chinese Travelers (2019)
Takeaway Numbers
Takeaway Numbers
Heat Map of Chinese Travelers (2019)

Sources: Department of Commerce, National Travel and Tourism Office.