Back in 2008, China made it more difficult for foreigners to enter for the Olympics...... put off many foreigners from coming to see the Games. China's attempts to discourage foreign backpackers and the less well-heeled tourists backfired badly. .......A great opportunity to make billions for the country had been lost!

I still stand by the above. It's not that the country doesn't get many tourists annually. I never said that it doesn't. I have said it could have had even more foreign visitors that year if it hadn't have made more hoops for them to jump through. That's the reality!