Just 52,000 tourists on trips organized by travel agents visited China in the first quarter, per the WSJ. A struggling tourism sector will not help China's economy shake off its slowdown. Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. "The number of visitors from Europe, America, Japan and Korea are all dropping, substantially," said Xiao Qianhui, a director of the China Tourism Association, in May. But the lack of international appetite for visiting China will not do anything to boost the economy.

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